Currently, this will output BA. You can't tell me, that it is consistent.
Sure, it's very inconsistent. Also, when you do 2+3, the result is 5, and when you do 2*3, result is 6. It's very inconsistent too. Let's change + to do multiplication, so it'd be "consistent". Why on earth different functions, created for different purposes, used in different contexts, should always give you the same result? What idea of "consistency" is that?
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