[maxmsp] "sel 0" bug?

I find it bizarre that passing any floating point number 0. <= x < 1. to "sel 0" puts a bang out the left outlet:


#P window setfont "Sans Serif" 9.;
#P window linecount 3;
#P comment 187 39 60 196617 Anything over 1 works.;
#P comment 97 44 60 196617 These don't do what I expect;
#P window linecount 1;
#P message 212 82 37 196617 1.234;
#P message 181 82 23 196617 1.;
#P message 125 84 23 196617 0.7;
#P message 98 84 23 196617 0.5;
#P message 40 81 14 196617 0;
#P flonum 109 189 35 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
#P flonum 87 127 35 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
#P button 87 188 15 0;
#P newex 87 158 32 196617 sel 0;
#P comment 20 61 60 196617 This works;
#P connect 9 0 3 0;
#P connect 8 0 3 0;
#P connect 7 0 3 0;
#P connect 6 0 3 0;
#P connect 5 0 3 0;
#P connect 1 1 4 0;
#P connect 1 0 2 0;
#P connect 3 0 1 0;
#P window clipboard copycount 12;




On the other hand, "route 0" does what I would expect.

-Matt