Merge pull request cloudtools#312 from cloudtools/better_type_error_messages

markpeek · markpeek · commit 895dad447b88 · 2015-09-11T16:56:56.000-07:00
Gives more info about type errors
diff --git a/troposphere/__init__.py b/troposphere/__init__.py
@@ -138,8 +138,11 @@ def __setattr__(self, name, value):
                              (type_name, name))
 
     def _raise_type(self, name, value, expected_type):
-        raise TypeError('%s is %s, expected %s' %
-                        (name, type(value), expected_type))
+        raise TypeError('%s: %s.%s is %s, expected %s' % (self.__class__,
+                                                          self.title,
+                                                          name,
+                                                          type(value),
+                                                          expected_type))
 
     def validate(self):
         pass
