'set paste' toggles 'set ruler': why?

Of all the things the ':set paste' setting does, only ':set noruler'
puzzles me.[*] Why should informational settings be surpressed with a
setting for input?

Can this please, please, be changed?

[*] Alright. The ':set noshowmatch' is also puzzling, but I rarely
have showmatch enabled.

Elijah

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