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It makes a difference with long, fast lenses. With a 40mm f/2, it's irrelevant. You might run into a few issues when focusing at the lens's close limit and wide open, but even then I'd say it's pretty unlikely.
I'm not a fan of the Leica CL though. It's not really a Leica (it's a Minolta), but it's pricey given it's age and features. Plus it takes batteries that aren't readily available in the US anymore and has the stupid front-mounted shutter speed dial.
I'd highly recommend you go for an M3 instead. They aren't much more expensive than a CL, but they are much better cameras.
Another option is any of the numerous Voigtlander models. Most of them are going to be overall better cameras than a CL for about the same price. The original Bessa R is plastic and flimsy, but later models are good and the most recent ones are quite excellent. The only real downside to them is that they have a short effective baselength (around 25mm, iirc) but once again that's only an issue if you're using extremely fast or long lenses.
As for your frameline issue, don't worry about it. Framelines in a rangefinder aren't like a 100% focusing screen on an SLR, they're just a rough approximation. If you're shooting with a 40mm lens, use the 50mm framelines but figure on covering a hair outside the lines on all sides. You'll get used to it very quickly. On an M3, you could probably even use the whole viewfinder as an approximation of a 40mm lens because of the high finder magnification.
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