Merge pull request #199 from joshuagl/joshuagl/issue194

Make check_match() errors more readable for ListOf objects
secure-systems-lab · Jan 6, 2020 · 6664328 · 6664328
2 parents 536c7f2 + 81cf8fa
commit 6664328
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diff --git a/securesystemslib/schema.py b/securesystemslib/schema.py
@@ -523,7 +523,8 @@ def __init__(self, schema, min_count=0, max_count=sys.maxsize, list_name='list')
   def check_match(self, object):
     if not isinstance(object, (list, tuple)):
       raise securesystemslib.exceptions.FormatError(
-          'Expected ' + repr(self._list_name) + ' but got ' + repr(object))
+          'Expected object of type {} but got type {}'.format(
+            self._list_name, type(object).__name__))
 
 
     # Check if all the items in the 'object' list