From: Tobias Ulmer <tu@emlix.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:17:36 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: improve assert_type() error message a bit
X-Git-Tag: e2factory-2.3.1~2
X-Git-Url: https://git.e2factory.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=79925785a2dd60b428772bad7d7d8c18467b8914;p=e2factory.git

improve assert_type() error message a bit
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diff --git a/generic/e2lib.lua b/generic/e2lib.lua
index 7b7848d..6499ba9 100644
--- a/generic/e2lib.lua
+++ b/generic/e2lib.lua
@@ -866,9 +866,11 @@ function e2lib.use_global_config()
 				tostring(config.site.buildnumber_server_url)))
   end
   -- check if type(x) == t, and abort if not.
-  local function assert_type(x, d, t)
-    if type(x) ~= t then
-      e2lib.abort(string.format("configuration error: %s", d))
+  local function assert_type(x, d, t1)
+    local t2 = type(x)
+    if t1 ~= t2 then
+      e2lib.abort(
+        string.format("configuration error: %s (expected %s got %s)", d, t1, t2))
     end
   end
   assert_type(config.site, "config.site", "table")