threads_connected variable show status reports erroneous output

[Joe Daly]

show status reports bad numbers for threads_connected

drizzle> show global status;
+----------------------------+----------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+----------------------------+----------+
| Aborted_clients | 2 |
| Aborted_connects | 0 |
| Bytes_received | 469 |
| Bytes_sent | 15996 |
| Connections | 4 |
| Created_tmp_disk_tables | 0 |
| Created_tmp_tables | 0 |
| Flush_commands | 1 |
| Handler_commit | 0 |
| Handler_delete | 0 |
| Handler_prepare | 0 |
| Handler_read_first | 0 |
| Handler_read_key | 0 |
| Handler_read_next | 0 |
| Handler_read_prev | 0 |
| Handler_read_rnd | 0 |
| Handler_read_rnd_next | 576 |
| Handler_rollback | 0 |
| Handler_savepoint | 0 |
| Handler_savepoint_rollback | 0 |
| Handler_update | 0 |
| Handler_write | 0 |
| Key_blocks_not_flushed | 0 |
| Key_blocks_unused | 837 |
| Key_blocks_used | 0 |
| Key_read_requests | 0 |
| Key_reads | 0 |
| Key_write_requests | 0 |
| Key_writes | 0 |
| Last_query_cost | 0 |
| Max_used_connections | 3 |
| Questions | 16 |
| Select_full_join | 0 |
| Select_full_range_join | 0 |
| Select_range | 0 |
| Select_range_check | 0 |
| Select_scan | 13 |
| Slow_queries | 0 |
| Sort_merge_passes | 0 |
| Sort_range | 0 |
| Sort_rows | 0 |
| Sort_scan | 0 |
| Table_locks_immediate | 0 |
| Table_locks_waited | 0 |
| Threads_connected | 10229680 |
| Uptime | 302 |
| Uptime_since_flush_status | 302 |
+----------------------------+----------+