Matthew Barnett <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> added the comment:

@Narendra: The argument, if provided, is merely a default. Checking whether it 
_could_ be used would not be straightforward, and raising an exception if it 
would never be used would have little, if any, benefit.

It's not a bug, and it's not worth changing.

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status: open -> closed

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