testing: give more informative error when nose plugin not installed

astraw · astraw · commit 26bad18d9b80 · 2009-09-06T01:43:59.000Z
svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=7651
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/testing/decorators.py b/lib/matplotlib/testing/decorators.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def failer(*args, **kwargs):
                 result = f(*args, **kwargs)
             except:
                 if fail_condition:
-                    raise KnownFailureTest(msg)
+                    raise KnownFailureTest(msg) # An error here when running nose means that you don't have the matplotlib.testing.noseclasses:KnownFailure plugin in use.
                 else:
                     raise
             if fail_condition and fail_condition != 'indeterminate':
