[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 246: LiskovViolation as a name (original) (raw)

Michael Chermside mcherm at mcherm.com
Wed Jan 12 19:08:20 CET 2005

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

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