Intermittent problem with inline plot ranges

[Philipp K. J. <ja...@ie...>]

I have observed an intermittent (not reliably repeatable)
problem with inline plot ranges. Has anybody else seen this?

Basically, some times plot ranges seem to get "stuck",
rather than defaulting back to [*:*].

Consider the following sequence of commands:

plot "file" u 1:2 
plot [:100] "file" u 1:2
plot "file" u 1:2

I'd expect the third call to produce the same plot as the
first. Most of the time this is true, but sometimes the
third call produces the same result as the second, and I
need to use plot [:*] "file" u 1:2.

I have also observed this behavior for the vertical axis.

I have not been able to identify the circumstances that
lead to this behavior. 

Has anybody seen something similar or some hypotheses, 
that might help narrow down on the conditions that 
produce this behavior?

Best,

		Ph.