Right click with undyed Leather armor part on cauldron with water still lower water layer

So?

Still a concern in 1.7.4/5 and 14w08a

Confirmed for 14w10c and 14w11b

I personally used this as a feature. Since cauldrons with comparators give off signal, I'd use undyed leather armor to test different strengths when incorporating them into redstone contraptions. I know you can lower the water level via using empty bottles and putting out burning entities, but resetting is a pain. The ability to hold leather armor and right click to adjust levels as needed was actually incredibly useful.

This complicates the process of adjusting water level when using cauldrons in this way. Now, you must always have a valid method set up, which makes adjusting water level more cumbersome. You must either dye armor for EACH water level you want to remove, have a bottle you must keep drinking to empty/lots of bottles, or just start burning tons of entities and dropping them in. This is far less than preferable. Idea-wise you could say you are washing the armor, but I believe this should stay in the game to help those putting cauldrons to use in such ways.

Could someone give me reason why this shouldn't be possible? I understand this was originally intended for undying, but as I've stated above, it has other uses.

Edit: Not to mention I had JUST set this up last snapshot as a test for different data values on cauldrons, after watching a video on concepts for them. If this does not get reverted, setting up arrangements will become painfully impractical: http://i.imgur.com/MaL9TtS.png

Edit2: http://i.imgur.com/dJlChQx.png This was a system I made long ago. Whenever the cauldron empties, the droppers give you a water bucket to refill it. I always used undyed leather armor to test it, but now I'll have to keep redying armor or have lots of empty bottles I'll have to re-empty afterward.

https://xkcd.com/1172/

Aww, you beat me, @unknown. I have never seen a more appropriate time to post that than what I just read.

LOL

Sigh. Can you give me an alternative for clearing cauldrons that doesn't require me spamming full water bottles everywhere during testing? The only reason I can think of this would be an issue is if you attempt to right-click leather armor on while looking at a cauldron, which if the armor is dyed you'd be actively avoiding and otherwise would be unlikely to occur. As others had noted, all this does is use up water, which you can refill into it as needed. But methods of removing water are cumbersome.

I remember watching redstoners who told me using cauldrons as door-control mechanisms was impractical since emptying them was a pain, and when I told them you could use leather armor, they became interested. It's a simple way of controlling cauldron water level, I don't see why it needs to be changed.

I didn't think it needed to be changed either. If you'll read my first comment on this issue, you'll see that I thought the previous behavior of it consuming water even if the armor was not dyed made more sense. But now you've convinced me that it was something that should be fixed. You might want to think hard about your argument.