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Anonymous, editorializing doesn't really help.  I 
understand that you want Python to work in a way other than 
it does, and repeating that isn't necessary.  I'm hoping 
Mark Hammond will comment on that.

In the meantime, I'm trying to determine why you're seeing 
the symptoms you are seeing.  I believe you're seeing them, 
but your analysis doesn't make sense, therefore something 
is going on you haven't told us about.  What *should* 
happen in your ideal world isn't relevant to determining 
what's actually happening.  Take this one step at a time, 
please.