If the change was not accidental then it was *very poorly* understood. Removing . from @inc entirely would be less painful than expecting developers to figure out this problem in the absence even of rudimentary documentation of the change of behavior.
Documentation is authoritative. The module has a serious bug. -- Best Wishes, Chris Travers Efficito: Hosted Accounting and ERP. Robust and Flexible. No vendor lock-in. http://www.efficito.com/learn_more