Elektron Musical Instruments

It seems like MIDI clock works the following way on the Monomachine 
and Machinedrum: If the instrument is in external sync mode, then it 
will send MIDI clock out only its thru port. This means that if 
either of these are being synced to a computer, or to each other, and 
then you are using the sequencer on them to control another synth, 
you must choose between sending note/controller info from the 
sequencer through the MIDI out, or sending the MIDI clock from the 
thru port, but not both to the same destination. 

The solution seems pretty simple - shouldn't the instrument be able 
to send MIDI clock through its out port, even though it is in 
external sync? Why wouldn't you want that, at least most of the time?

Gene