The bug
When a hopper is on top of a wall, said wall becomes fully wide, as though the hopper were a full block.
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Since the hopper doesn't cover the full bottom face, expected behavior is to create a central pillar, like torches do:
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Notes
This also affects downward-facing grindstones
Affects 1.16.100
Affects 1.16.200.56 Beta