Possibly it's considered too difficult to move the standard to this behaviour since it's not a new feature per-se? Or I guess a change as subtle as this could a

Possibly it's considered too difficult to move the standard to this behaviour since it's not a new feature per-se? Or I guess a change as subtle as this could also have unforeseen consequences? It does seem to me like a more elegant solution, and perhaps what the behaviour should have been in the first place.