Unexpected indentation with :left

Reading the help for :left, it says:

  Sets the indent in the lines to [indent] (default 0).

However, it seems to do that indenting with N spaces rather than
respecting 'shiftwidth' and 'expandtab' settings.

Or do I just need to roll an independent solution?  It's not as simple
as using

  :{range}>>>>

because `:left` first removes all left-indentation before indenting.

The best I've been able to come up with is

  :{range}le | {range}>>>>

With cpo-star in the default and using a linewise-visual-range, that
simplifies a bit to

  :'<,'>le|*>>>>

While kinda-opaque, it does the Right Thing(tm)

Is there a way to get the indent-count parameter of `:left` to behave
like using the > motion (which respects 'shiftwidth' and 'expandtab')?

-tim

brought to my attention by this Reddit thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/1ixcyt5/put_all_lines_in_visual_bloc_on_the_same_indent/

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