2.47rc2 Snap Enhancemnt - Align Rotation ??

Yesterday, I tried out 2.47rc2 and noticed the new snap features.
The added ability to snap to lines and planes is a very nice addition.

The problem is that I cannot understand the other new snap feature: “Align Rotation with the Snapping Target”. I tried it out in all the combinations I could think of but the new feature seemed to make no difference at all in the final result. The only difference I could see was that a white “normal” line was attached to the cursor as I moved the mouse around to the snap target.

Does anyone know what “Align Rotation with the Snapping Target” is supposed to do or how it should be used?

Thanks…
Bob

In the Blender Wiki, see the Blender Manual -> Meshes -> Snap to Mesh for an explanation.
…Bob