On Fri, 18 Nov 2016, David Niklas wrote:

>> Why is it stupid? It's doing what you asked it to. My vote is for #1.
>
> Ok, I'm the stupid one.
> But seriously, who would actually use this "feature"?

That's a funny question. You obviously used it and asked us about it. Now you
ask us who would use it?

If you don't think that's a useful way to use curl, then I suggest you don't
use it that way. There fixed.

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