[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 246: LiskovViolation as a name

[Michael Chermside]

I wrote:
> I don't see how [LiskovViolation could have a more descriptive name].
> Googling on Liskov immediately brings up clear and understandable
> descriptions of the principle


David writes:
> Clearly, I disagree. [...]

Skip writes:
> I had never heard the term before and consulted the Google oracle as well.

This must be one of those cases where I am mislead by my background...
I thought of Liskov substitution principle as a piece of basic CS
background that everyone learned in school (or from the net, or wherever
they learned programming). Clearly, that's not true.

Guido writes:
> How about SubstitutabilityError?

It would be less precise and informative to ME but apparently more so
to a beginner. Obviously, we should support the beginner!

-- Michael Chermside