improved error message-- names the type of the unexpected object
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index d5e3a4e..df160f2 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -2493,8 +2493,9 @@
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);