# HG changeset patch
# User Thomas Arendsen Hein <thomas@intevation.de>
# Date 1160592782 -7200
# Node ID bc5985d533860302c7d96ebc646c0bc8725fd802
# Parent  ef8307585b418431c9d77d1b17a61290c305ce71
templater: Better exception for errors in foo%bar formatting.

diff -r ef8307585b41 -r bc5985d53386 mercurial/templater.py
--- a/mercurial/templater.py	Thu Oct 12 11:40:26 2006 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/templater.py	Wed Oct 11 20:53:02 2006 +0200
@@ -135,7 +135,11 @@
                 fl = m.group(4)
 
                 if format:
-                    q = v.__iter__
+                    try:
+                        q = v.__iter__
+                    except AttributeError:
+                        raise SyntaxError(_("Error expanding '%s%s'")
+                                          % (key, format))
                     for i in q():
                         lm.update(i)
                         yield self(format[1:], **lm)