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-rw-r--r--src/CHANGES.txt3
-rw-r--r--src/engine/SCons/Util.py7
-rw-r--r--src/engine/SCons/UtilTests.py18
3 files changed, 27 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/CHANGES.txt b/src/CHANGES.txt
index 26dd7ef..8b14bf4 100644
--- a/src/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/src/CHANGES.txt
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ RELEASE 0.95 - XXX
- Fix TestCmd.py, runtest.py and specific tests to accomodate being
run from directories whose paths include white space.
+ - Provide a more useful error message if a construction variable
+ expansion contains a syntax error during evaluation.
+
From Vincent Risi:
- Add support for the bcc32, ilink32 and tlib Borland tools.
diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/Util.py b/src/engine/SCons/Util.py
index 0af98fd..6d95a4e 100644
--- a/src/engine/SCons/Util.py
+++ b/src/engine/SCons/Util.py
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ import sys
import types
import UserDict
import UserList
-import SCons.Node
+
+import SCons.Errors
try:
from UserString import UserString
@@ -556,6 +557,8 @@ def scons_subst(strSubst, env, mode=SUBST_RAW, target=None, source=None, dict=No
s = eval(key, self.gvars, lvars)
except (IndexError, NameError, TypeError):
return ''
+ except (SyntaxError):
+ raise SCons.Errors.UserError, "Syntax error trying to evaluate `%s'" % s
else:
# Before re-expanding the result, handle
# recursive expansion by copying the local
@@ -690,6 +693,8 @@ def scons_subst_list(strSubst, env, mode=SUBST_RAW, target=None, source=None, di
s = eval(key, self.gvars, lvars)
except (IndexError, NameError, TypeError):
return
+ except (SyntaxError):
+ raise SCons.Errors.UserError, "Syntax error trying to evaluate `%s'" % s
else:
# Before re-expanding the result, handle
# recursive expansion by copying the local
diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/UtilTests.py b/src/engine/SCons/UtilTests.py
index ca5f649..fb4ec09 100644
--- a/src/engine/SCons/UtilTests.py
+++ b/src/engine/SCons/UtilTests.py
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ import unittest
from SCons.Util import *
import TestCmd
+import SCons.Errors
+
class OutBuffer:
def __init__(self):
self.buffer = ""
@@ -410,6 +412,14 @@ class UtilTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
env, target=MyNode('t'), source=MyNode('s'))
assert newcom == "test foo baz s t", newcom
+ # Test that we handle syntax errors during expansion as expected.
+ try:
+ scons_subst('$foo.bar.3.0', env)
+ except SCons.Errors.UserError, e:
+ assert str(e) == "Syntax error trying to evaluate `$foo.bar.3.0'", e
+ else:
+ raise AssertionError, "did not catch expected UserError"
+
# Test returning a function.
#env = DummyEnv({'FUNCTION' : foo})
#func = scons_subst("$FUNCTION", env, mode=SUBST_RAW, call=None)
@@ -732,6 +742,14 @@ class UtilTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
del subst_list_cases[:4]
assert failed == 0, "%d subst() mode cases failed" % failed
+ # Test that we handle syntax errors during expansion as expected.
+ try:
+ scons_subst_list('$foo.bar.3.0', env)
+ except SCons.Errors.UserError, e:
+ assert str(e) == "Syntax error trying to evaluate `$foo.bar.3.0'", e
+ else:
+ raise AssertionError, "did not catch expected SyntaxError"
+
def test_splitext(self):
assert splitext('foo') == ('foo','')
assert splitext('foo.bar') == ('foo','.bar')