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author | Laurent Le Brun <laurentlb@google.com> | 2015-03-17 16:52:31 +0000 |
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committer | Kristina Chodorow <kchodorow@google.com> | 2015-03-18 13:43:11 +0000 |
commit | 1e7419cc13f5eb312f4cf26d6246699079878f45 (patch) | |
tree | 77098812b5febe418a5216c804aaebc6d6147242 /src/main/java/com | |
parent | e8cfead6d8152d21890937bbc92439388ff2d1ee (diff) |
Skylark: Improve error message when using native module outside macro
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MOS_MIGRATED_REVID=88836133
Diffstat (limited to 'src/main/java/com')
-rw-r--r-- | src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/PackageFactory.java | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/PackageFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/PackageFactory.java index fba39572bd..08a9437f1e 100644 --- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/PackageFactory.java +++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/PackageFactory.java @@ -838,7 +838,10 @@ public final class PackageFactory { try { return (PackageContext) env.lookup(PKG_CONTEXT); } catch (NoSuchVariableException e) { - throw new EvalException(ast.getLocation(), e.getMessage()); + // if PKG_CONTEXT is missing, we're not called from a BUILD file. This happens if someone + // uses native.some_func() in the wrong place. + throw new EvalException(ast.getLocation(), + "This function must be wrapped in a macro and called from a BUILD file"); } } |