From 960d948e7ce536eb30b69add0c6fc2dc31c90a8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Hylton Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 02:25:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] improved error message-- names the type of the unexpected object --- Python/ceval.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c index d5e3a4e9a16..df160f2cc35 100644 --- a/Python/ceval.c +++ b/Python/ceval.c @@ -2493,8 +2493,9 @@ do_raise(PyObject *type, PyObject *value, PyObject *tb) else { /* Not something you can raise. You get an exception anyway, just not what you specified :-) */ - PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, - "exceptions must be strings, classes, or instances"); + PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, + "exceptions must be strings, classes, or " + "instances, not %s", type->ob_type->tp_name); goto raise_error; } PyErr_Restore(type, value, tb);