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PS1's \w is misleading following edit-and-execute-command

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In the following, PS1's \w is a lie in the penultimate prompt:

~ $ env -i - HOME=~ TERM=$TERM PS1='\w $ ' EDITOR="emacs -q" bash --noprofile --norc
~ $ echo hello
hello
~ $ # <C-x C-e> cd /tmp C-x C-s C-x C-c
cd /tmp
~ $ pwd
/tmp
/tmp $

This seems related to
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/gnu.bash.bug/GfKlIMsvPrY
but I can't tell from the exchange there how this behavior could be
considered correct.
ISTM that after C-x C-e instead of redisplaying the previous prompt
an entirely new one should be computed, reflecting potential effects
of the C-x C-e'd command.

Cheers,
-a

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