When you try to break blocks while holding an item with a right click action that takes time (bow, non splash potion, sword in versions prior to 1.6, but not fishing poles, snowballs, etc) blocks will only break the second time you swing your arm.
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This problem has been around since drawing back bows and gradually eating food was first implemented. I think, I don't know I started playing in 1.3.2.

Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version 1.8.1 Prerelease 3 / Launcher version 1.5.3 or later? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.
No response for over a year.
Confirmed.