Should 'paste' disable 'smarttab'?

Hello,

I wonder if there's any reason that smarttab is enabled in paste mode? Consider:

$ vim -u NONE
:set nocp
:set sw=2
:set smarttab
:set paste
i<tab>

This inserts two spaces rather than a tab character in paste-mode, seemingly in contradiction of the paste-mode's purpose. There's a number of options that are temporarily disabled when paste mode is entered, shouldn't 'smarttab' be added to the list?

(if it was discussed in the past, please point me; I couldn't find anything)

Thanks.
Alexander

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