* more informative error msg

2005-09-24 16:26:39 +00:00
parent 119b86dcd2
commit 90ed05e1bb
1 changed files with 4 additions and 2 deletions
@@ -507,8 +507,10 @@ class XmlFile(object):
        f.close()

    def verifyRootTag(self):
-        if self.dom.documentElement.tagName != self.rootTag:
-            raise Error("Root tagname not " + self.rootTag + " as expected")
+        actual_roottag = self.dom.documentElement.tagName
+        if actual_roottag != self.rootTag:
+            raise Error("Root tagname %s not identical to %s as expected " %
+                        (actual_roottag, self.rootTag) )

    # construction helpers