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bpy.ops.object.select_by_layer match='SHARED' option is not working
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Description

Blender Version
Broken: 2.75a c27589e 64bit

Short description of error
Selecting all objects on a layer from python script doesn't select objects that belong to multiple layers when match='SHARED' is used.

(This used to work on some older blender version can't remember which)

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

  • Open default scene
  • Set the cube to both layers 1 and 2
  • Make sure the cube is not selected
  • Open python console and enter: bpy.ops.object.select_by_layer(match='SHARED', extend=False, layers=1)
  • result: cube is not selected like expected