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| -rw-r--r-- | python/vyos/configtree.py | 18 |
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:]) |