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-rw-r--r--python/vyos/configtree.py18
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/configtree.py b/python/vyos/configtree.py
index ad8fcef1a..463aa5e95 100644
--- a/python/vyos/configtree.py
+++ b/python/vyos/configtree.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def strip_comments(s):
IN_COMMENT = 1
i = len(s) - 1
+
state = INITIAL
config_end = 0
@@ -42,14 +43,11 @@ def strip_comments(s):
break
elif (state == INITIAL) and (c == '/'):
# A comment begins, or it's a stray slash
- try:
- if (s[i-1] == '*'):
- state = IN_COMMENT
- i -= 2
- else:
- raise ValueError("Invalid syntax")
- except:
- raise ValueError("Invalid syntax")
+ if (s[i-1] == '*'):
+ state = IN_COMMENT
+ i -= 2
+ else:
+ raise ValueError("Invalid syntax: stray slash at character {0}".format(i + 1))
elif (state == INITIAL) and (c == '}'):
# We are not inside a comment, that's the end of the last node
config_end = i + 1
@@ -61,12 +59,12 @@ def strip_comments(s):
state = INITIAL
i -= 2
except:
- raise ValueError("Invalid syntax")
+ raise ValueError("Invalid syntax: malformed commend end at character {0}".format(i + 1))
elif (state == IN_COMMENT) and (c != '*'):
# Ignore everything inside comments, including braces
i -= 1
else:
- raise ValueError("Invalid syntax")
+ raise ValueError("Invalid syntax at character {0}: invalid character {1}".format(i + 1, c))
return (s[0:config_end], s[config_end+1:])