LR4 - hierarchical keyword metadata reading problem

I am new to LR and LR4. I'm trying to get out, but I found a problem/issue/bug with keywords.

I use hierarchical keywords stored as metadata in my photos. Between the levels of the hierarchy delimiter character is the character ' / '. LR4 recognizes this, when you import photos into the catalog. If the LR4 catalog correctly reflects the hierarchy when importing.

However, I was expecting LR4 also recognize the separator "/" reading the metadata of the files. But it doesn't work. It simply creates a new flat keyword string.

For example, suppose I have a keyword with the hierarchy: events/holiday/Christmas. If I import the photos with the keyword of Christmas, the hierarchy is correctly created in the catalog.

However, if later, I read the form of metadata, a photo that has this keyword, then the LR4 will create a new flat keyword string: "events/holiday/Christmas.

This isn't the desired behavior. Am I missing a setting somewhere in the LR4, or do I have to manually fix all the photos I've read the new metadata of?

Thank you.

This problem has been fixed in Lightroom 4.1, which is now available.  To download the 4.1 update, go to the Help menu in Lightroom and choose "Check for Updates".

Thank you

Ben

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