Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of BetterErrorMessages


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May 17, 2006, 11:06:53 AM (19 years ago)
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  • BetterErrorMessages

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    11= Better Error Messages =
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    3 I'm starting this page as a place to collect error messages that could stand improvement, or which are misleading or confusing in certain contexts. Most of us have had the experience of getting a "weird" message, puzzling it out (perhaps with help from django-users or #django) and then moving on. Later it can be hard to remember what the problem was.
     3This page is a place to collect error messages that could stand improvement, or which are misleading or confusing in certain contexts. Most of us have had the experience of getting a "weird" message, puzzling it out (perhaps with help from django-users or #django) and then moving on. Later it can be hard to remember what the problem was.
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    55This is an experiment to see if having a dedicated place to describe these cases as we encounter them can help organize a quality-control effort. Good error messages make for more productive developers. (And it helps newbies be more self-supporting, too.)
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    7 Some of these may seem like quick patches but I know that others will take a bit of consideration -- that's why the wiki page rather than individual tickets.
     7Some of these may seem like quick patches but others will take a bit of consideration -- that's why the wiki page rather than individual tickets. Some are more along the lines of "Django Lint" than simple changes to error output.
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    99For now, let's try dividing them into sections by major module. Within those sections suggested format is: error message, explanatory context (often important -- a message that is very helpful in one context can be confusing in another), suggested improvements/changes.
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    2828== django.contrib.admin ==
    2929
    30 Ticket #1732 -- a problem that elicits no error message, but should.
    31 
    3230{{{
    3331'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_field_sets'
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    3634'''Suggestion:''' Check relevant Admin settings during model validation?
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     36 * Ticket #1732 -- a problem that elicits no error message, but should.
     37
    3838== django.core ==
    3939
    40 Ticket #1791 suggests better error messages in cases where application dependencies are not satisfied.
     40{{{
     41EnvironmentError: Could not import settings 'foo.settings' (Is it on sys.path? Does it have syntax errors?): No module named settings
     42}}}
     43'''Context:''' Application name is same as project name, causing import problems. (See #1908 for full example.)
     44'''Suggestion:''' Given how often beginners are likely to make this mistake, it would be nice for Django to look for this conflict and warn the user.[[BR]]
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     46 * Ticket #1791 suggests better error messages in cases where application dependencies are not satisfied.
    4147
    4248== django.template ==
    4349
    44 See [http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/browse_thread/thread/42aff5c291a69041/d006eb5292b8aac3 this thread on the django-developers list] for discussion of error suppression in the template engine
     50 * See [http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/browse_thread/thread/42aff5c291a69041/d006eb5292b8aac3 this thread on the django-developers list] for discussion of error suppression in the template engine
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