Give better error message

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/paste/util/import_string.py b/paste/util/import_string.py
index af32b24..d3e5771 100644
--- a/paste/util/import_string.py
+++ b/paste/util/import_string.py
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ def simple_import(s):
             break
     obj = module
     while parts:
-        obj = getattr(module, parts[0])
+        try:
+            obj = getattr(module, parts[0])
+        except AttributeError:
+            raise ImportError(
+                "Cannot find %s in module %r" % (parts[0], module))
         parts = parts[1:]
     return obj