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-rw-r--r--paste/util/import_string.py6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/paste/util/import_string.py b/paste/util/import_string.py
index d3e5771..2d3738c 100644
--- a/paste/util/import_string.py
+++ b/paste/util/import_string.py
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ def simple_import(s):
module = import_module(parts[0])
name = parts[0]
parts = parts[1:]
+ last_import_error = None
while parts:
name += '.' + parts[0]
try:
module = import_module(name)
parts = parts[1:]
- except ImportError:
+ except ImportError, e:
+ last_import_error = e
break
obj = module
while parts:
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ def simple_import(s):
obj = getattr(module, parts[0])
except AttributeError:
raise ImportError(
- "Cannot find %s in module %r" % (parts[0], module))
+ "Cannot find %s in module %r (stopped importing modules with error %s)" % (parts[0], module, last_import_error))
parts = parts[1:]
return obj