[oe-commits] Chris Larson : oe.types: for invalid type, list valid ones

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Module: openembedded.git
Branch: shr/testing2011.1
Commit: 21d6180cc4f70635890d2e986438ab2309faf3ec
URL:    http://gitweb.openembedded.net/?p=openembedded.git&a=commit;h=21d6180cc4f70635890d2e986438ab2309faf3ec

Author: Chris Larson <chris_larson at mentor.com>
Date:   Wed Feb  9 11:38:16 2011 -0700

oe.types: for invalid type, list valid ones

Signed-off-by: Chris Larson <chris_larson at mentor.com>

---

 lib/oe/types.py |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/oe/types.py b/lib/oe/types.py
index 0fb91db..86de4b0 100644
--- a/lib/oe/types.py
+++ b/lib/oe/types.py
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ def factory(var_type):
     try:
         return types[var_type]
     except KeyError:
-        raise TypeError("Invalid type '%s'" % var_type)
+        raise TypeError("Invalid type '%s':\n  Valid types: %s" %
+                        (var_type, ', '.join(types)))
 
 def create(value, var_type, **flags):
     """Create an object of the specified type, given the specified flags and