Better header error reporting.

ninoNinkovic · Oct 19, 2012 · 68966f4 · 68966f4
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ all :
 package : ale.py MANIFEST.in README.md setup.py
 	python setup.py sdist
 
+dist/ALE-0.1dev.tar.gz : package
+
 install : dist/ALE-0.1dev.tar.gz
 	sudo pip install dist/ALE-0.1dev.tar.gz
 

diff --git a/ale.py b/ale.py
@@ -128,7 +128,10 @@ class ale(object):
     delim = "\t"
 
     def _read_heading(self, line):
-        key, value = line.split(self.delim)[:2]
+        try:
+            key, value = line.split(self.delim)[:2]
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise ValueError("Expected two values separated by a tab: '%s'", repr(line))
         if not key in headings:
             raise ValueError("Unknown heading: '%s'.", key)
         heading = headings[key]