Yes, i saw #15559 ( well, actually, i saw the related discussion http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-August/121241.html ) while looking for an answer. It's more narrow - i.e. manifestation of this issue in ipaddress case where some people actually _needed_ to have different values returned by __index__() and __bytes__(), and had to work around it.

As for my name, my username is used almost everywhere and, unlike my real name, it's easy to read and remember. The only place where usernames aren't mentioned are mails from the Python issue tracker. File a bug for it.