get_payload(): Improve the TypeError message when the payload isn't of

warsaw · warsaw · commit 6754d52521f5 · 2003-06-10T16:31:55.000Z
the expected type.  In response to SF #751451.
diff --git a/Lib/email/Message.py b/Lib/email/Message.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def get_payload(self, i=None, decode=False):
         if i is None:
             payload = self._payload
         elif not isinstance(self._payload, ListType):
-            raise TypeError, i
+            raise TypeError, 'Expected list, got %s' % type(self._payload)
         else:
             payload = self._payload[i]
         if decode:
