From: Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 13:07:46 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: [ Patch #102852 ] Make % error a bit more informative by indicates the
X-Git-Tag: v2.1a1~566
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6ca8917758c90bb8de4d3698f9c6ba84167035f5;p=python

[ Patch #102852 ] Make % error a bit more informative by indicates the
index at which an unknown %-escape was found
---

diff --git a/Objects/stringobject.c b/Objects/stringobject.c
index 8bc97f7fc3..091ede7ef0 100644
--- a/Objects/stringobject.c
+++ b/Objects/stringobject.c
@@ -2939,8 +2939,9 @@ PyString_Format(PyObject *format, PyObject *args)
 				break;
 			default:
 				PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError,
-				"unsupported format character '%c' (0x%x)",
-					c, c);
+				  "unsupported format character '%c' (0x%x) "
+				  "at index %i",
+				  c, c, fmt - 1 - PyString_AsString(format));
 				goto error;
 			}
 			if (sign) {
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index a297cac4dd..5ee72bd128 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -5067,8 +5067,9 @@ PyObject *PyUnicode_Format(PyObject *format,
 
 	    default:
 		PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError,
-			     "unsupported format character '%c' (0x%x)",
-			     c, c);
+			     "unsupported format character '%c' (0x%x) "
+			     "at index %i",
+			     c, c, fmt -1 - PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(uformat));
 		goto onError;
 	    }
 	    if (sign) {