Bug: Smart Collection/Label text/doesn't contain

LR 2.1 & 2.2, 64-bit, Vista:
Create a smart collection using "Label text"--"doesn't contain"--"xxx".
The collection *shows* images with the "xxx" label text just as if the collection was created using "Label text"--"contains".
Produceable 100% of the time.
Any one else have the same problem?

That is a bizarre bug.  There is an even simpler way to reproduce the problem: Have two pics, one with title "a" and the other with title "t".  The criterion "Title Contains a" correctly shows just the first picture, but the criterion "Title Contains t" shows both.
Searching with smart collections and filters has numerous bugs, but this one is by far the most surprising.  As a geek programmer, I'd love to know what causes this!
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