Well, you're extrapolating from one example where the standard library doesn't behave as you want, and characterizing the entire library as 'lazy'. I don't agre

Well, you're extrapolating from one example where the standard library doesn't behave as you want, and characterizing the entire library as 'lazy'. I don't agree with that characterization, and as I already said, the justification has been given. You just don't agree with it, that's fine. It's still a valid justification.