you can easily fix your patch by using unpack or something.
[t f] is probably the most efficient.
If no one actually relies on this list behaviour you may have a point.
like always, I'm pretty sure that I actually used this at least once.
but more importantly, I definitely do you use the list-to-inlets feature with objects like [+], [pack] and [line]; and I think that the behaviour should be consistent (as it currently is).
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