Edges which share a face seem to block the 'select edge loop' function

[micheus]

If two edges have a face in common, the select edge loop function doesn't select them all correctly.

flarn2006, take a look at this greytery's post: Edge Loops - Odds & Evens
Even he was not answered, I think this is a feature.

Unfortunately, this isn't so easy if you've already selected a whole bunch of other edges before realizing you needed all those edges selected.

After you catch this kind of issue once, you will like Undo command and Select tools (mainly if you use the Select Group window).

Or in the case of the image above, in which case there doesn't seem to be any way (other than manually clicking each one) to select only the outer edges.

Mainly in the image above, it's fast to select all of them:
- select the central vertice;
- change select mode to Face [F];
- select the edge loop [L].