weird error due to cntrl-c out of history list

[L A Walsh]

In both 4.3.42(2)-release and
4.4.5(1)-release, I was listing my history (history cmd)
and hit control-C and got:
4402  0502@091824: ls *
4403  0502@091901: cd ..
4404  0502@091930: cd xyzzy-1.8.4.1/
4405  0502@091932: ls
4406  0502@091939: grep -r template .
^C
bash: printf: write error: Success

bash: printf: write error: Success

bash: printf: write error: Success

bash: printf: write error: Success

bash: printf: write error: Success

bash: printf: write error: Success

bash: printf: write error: Success


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At that point the shell is rather 'sad'... hitting more
ctl-c's gives more write errors, and ctl-d exits the shell.

>  echo $TIMEFORMAT
%2Rsec %2Uusr %2Ssys (%P%% cpu)
>  history|wc
 27169  125636 1170025

Anyone else able to reproduce this or is this just another
weirdism specific to my setup?  *sigh*

tnx,
-l