Thanks Joe, that confirms my own research into this. I'm seeing traces of this all the way back in Maya 6.0, and not just related to IK, but time-related queries in general.
- http://forums.cgsociety.org/archive/index.php?t-188420.html - https://forum.highend3d.com/t/non-correct-result-in-mdgcontext/38047/12 Challenging, to say the least.. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAFRtmOA-17B4vF5UUfpSp8VruqKc8gAqDRLnFZh5cEfi_1XnGQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.