setting text also changes color?

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Here is a small prog that just sets a color and some text in a QTextEdit.
(QT 4.2 on X11)

#include <QApplication>
#include <QTextEdit>
 
int main( int argc, char **argv )
{
    QApplication app( argc, argv );
 
    QTextEdit t;
    qDebug("init color: %08x", t.textColor().rgb());
 
    t.setTextColor(0xdd9933);
    qDebug("after set color: %08x", t.textColor().rgb());
 
    t.setPlainText("Some text");
    qDebug("after set text: %08x", t.textColor().rgb());
 
    t.show();
    app.exec();
    return 0;
}

#include <QApplication>
#include <QTextEdit>

int main( int argc, char **argv )
{
    QApplication app( argc, argv );

    QTextEdit t;
    qDebug("init color: %08x", t.textColor().rgb());

    t.setTextColor(0xdd9933);
    qDebug("after set color: %08x", t.textColor().rgb());

    t.setPlainText("Some text");
    qDebug("after set text: %08x", t.textColor().rgb());

    t.show();
    app.exec();
    return 0;
}

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The console output is:

init color: ff000000
after set color: ffdd9933
after set text: ff000000

init color: ff000000
after set color: ffdd9933
after set text: ff000000

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Apparently, setting the text has the side-effect of resetting the current color. Looks like a bug to me. Anyone who can interpret it as a "feature"?