Item loss when in creative mode with full inventory

When my inventory is full and there are item drops laying around it acts like everything is being picked up but items don't show up in inventory since it is full. Not sure if this was the way it was intended to work or not.

Before the Survival Inventory was accessible in creative items would lye on the floor if the inventory was full. That was changed in Beta 1.9pre5, so that the player would pick up items no matter how full the inventory is. Now that the inventory is accessible this behaviour should be reconsidered, since the inventory can be easily cleared.

Link to the change in Beta 1.9pre5: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Issues/Beta_1.9pre5#Fixed.2FSkipped_5