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-rw-r--r--paste/util/import_string.py6
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