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Bug introduced in V9 or earlier and fixed in V10

According to the documentation, Dynamic Details & Options section, especially:

For interactive mouse operations Dynamic[expr,{f_start, f, f_end}] typically evaluates f_start[val,expr] once when the mouse is pressed, then evaluates f[val,expr] whenever the mouse is moved, and then evaluates f_end[val,expr] once when the mouse is released.

I find the following behaviour a possible bug:

x = {.5, .5};
Graphics[{ Circle[],
           Locator[Dynamic[x, {Print[#] &, Automatic, None}]]
        }]

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As you see f_start = Print[#]& is evaluated twice each time.

Is this a bug?

I've marked Bold the word typically in the quotation from documentation. Is this reffering to this case?

Here's the link to the question where Anon and I have faced this issue for the first time: Moving a locator based on the movement of another

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    $\begingroup$ If you put {Print["start"] &, Print["mid"] &, Print["end"] &} inside the Dynamic, you will see, that there is a mouse-moved event ("mid") registered between the two "start" events. I am still pondering on the significance of this detail... $\endgroup$
    – István Zachar
    Commented Sep 10, 2013 at 14:13

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Edit: fixed

Yes, it is a bug. I am quite confident it will be fixed in an upcoming release.

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    $\begingroup$ So you've faced it earlier and consulted with Wolfram? $\endgroup$
    – Kuba
    Commented Sep 10, 2013 at 21:19
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    $\begingroup$ I was considerably less confident than Rolf. Especially when I tried it in a development build, and it behaved worse. But then I fixed it. So I guess my confidence matches Rolf's, now. :) Beta testers should see this in the next beta build. $\endgroup$
    – John Fultz
    Commented Sep 12, 2013 at 6:39
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    $\begingroup$ John for president! $\endgroup$
    – Rolf Mertig
    Commented Sep 12, 2013 at 7:29

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