debian_git-buildpackage/gbp/format.py

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"""Format a message"""

from gbp.errors import GbpError

def format_str(msg, args):
    """
    Format a string with the given dict. Be a bit more verbose than
    default python about the error cause.

    >>> format_str("%(foo)", {})
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
    GbpError: Failed to format %(foo): Missing value 'foo' in {}
    >>> format_str("%(foo)", {'foo': 'bar'})
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
    GbpError: Failed to format %(foo) with {'foo': 'bar'}: incomplete format
    >>> format_str("A %(foo)s is a %(bar)s", {'foo': 'dog', 'bar': 'mamal'})
    'A dog is a mamal'
    """
    try:
        return msg % args
    except ValueError as e:
        raise GbpError("Failed to format %s with %s: %s" % (msg, args, e))
    except KeyError as e:
        raise GbpError("Failed to format %s: Missing value %s in %s" %
                       (msg, e, args))