From 172b50b72224dea985cd665accab2ff3110f6674 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marti Raudsepp <marti@juffo.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:17:04 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Clearer explanation when exception has no message

"No exception supplied" is misleading; actually there is an exception,
but there's no message string.
---
 django/views/debug.py                | 4 ++--
 tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/django/views/debug.py b/django/views/debug.py
index 9b95b524d2..3a840588e3 100644
--- a/django/views/debug.py
+++ b/django/views/debug.py
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ TECHNICAL_500_TEMPLATE = """
 <body>
 <div id="summary">
   <h1>{% if exception_type %}{{ exception_type }}{% else %}Report{% endif %}{% if request %} at {{ request.path_info|escape }}{% endif %}</h1>
-  <pre class="exception_value">{% if exception_value %}{{ exception_value|force_escape }}{% else %}No exception supplied{% endif %}</pre>
+  <pre class="exception_value">{% if exception_value %}{{ exception_value|force_escape }}{% else %}No exception message supplied{% endif %}</pre>
   <table class="meta">
 {% if request %}
     <tr>
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ Exception Value: {{ exception_value|force_escape }}
 """
 
 TECHNICAL_500_TEXT_TEMPLATE = """{% load firstof from future %}{% firstof exception_type 'Report' %}{% if request %} at {{ request.path_info }}{% endif %}
-{% firstof exception_value 'No exception supplied' %}
+{% firstof exception_value 'No exception message supplied' %}
 {% if request %}
 Request Method: {{ request.META.REQUEST_METHOD }}
 Request URL: {{ request.build_absolute_uri }}{% endif %}
diff --git a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py
index b44cd88abe..dd0d0dc9a1 100644
--- a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py
+++ b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class ExceptionReporterTests(TestCase):
         reporter = ExceptionReporter(request, None, None, None)
         html = reporter.get_traceback_html()
         self.assertIn('<h1>Report at /test_view/</h1>', html)
-        self.assertIn('<pre class="exception_value">No exception supplied</pre>', html)
+        self.assertIn('<pre class="exception_value">No exception message supplied</pre>', html)
         self.assertIn('<th>Request Method:</th>', html)
         self.assertIn('<th>Request URL:</th>', html)
         self.assertNotIn('<th>Exception Type:</th>', html)