Hi,
I can see how people get use with this behavior, but I am quite certain that the solution from PluggableTextMorph was a workaround solution due to a missing double click event. Now we have that event and we can use it where it is appropriate.
It's not that we copy things for the sake of copying, but I simply think double clicking is a better choice here. click-pause-click introduces, from a cognitive perspective, a hidden modal mode. That is, you have no chance of knowing in which state you are. I was several times annoyed by inadvertently selecting pieces of code (often during demos). At the same time, I believe it is reasonable to assume that programmers know how to double click.
So, yes, I did think of it quite explicitly :)
Doub
Cheers,
Doru