Missing SET DEFINE OFF exporting tables

Another minor bug exporting tables using the insert option is that no “SET DEFINE OFF” is created.
If values in the exported tables contains *“&”* characters, the user is asked to edit values.
Example:
1. Create a table with such a value:
SET DEFINE OFF;
CREATE TABLE FOO (COMPANY VARCHAR2 (64));
INSERT INTO FOO VALUES ('Meier & Co');
2. Exporting this table creates:
-- Datei erstellt -Freitag-April-15-2011
-- DDL for Table FOO
CREATE TABLE "FOO"
(     "COMPANY" VARCHAR2(64)
REM INSERTING into FOO
Insert into FOO (COMPANY) values ('Meier & Co');
3. Running in SQLPlus:
SQL> @export.sql
Tabelle wurde erstellt.
Geben Sie einen Wert f³r co ein:
Regards
Marc
Version:
Java(TM)-Plattform     1.6.0_23
Oracle-IDE     3.0.04.34
Versionierungsunterstützung     3.0.04.34

Thank you. As a new SQL Developer user, I didn't know what it should have been, but I found out I needed to edit the output before I could use it to load data.
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