Improved error message for configuration files

Author: mitsuhiko

flask/config.py

@@ -116,7 +116,11 @@ def from_pyfile(self, filename):
         filename = os.path.join(self.root_path, filename)
         d = type(sys)('config')
         d.__file__ = filename
-        execfile(filename, d.__dict__)
+        try:
+            execfile(filename, d.__dict__)
+        except IOError, e:
+            e.strerror = 'Unable to load configuration file (%s)' % e.strerror
+            raise
         self.from_object(d)
 
     def from_object(self, obj):

tests/flask_tests.py

@@ -1018,6 +1018,18 @@ def test_config_from_envvar(self):
         finally:
             os.environ = env
 
+    def test_config_missing(self):
+        app = flask.Flask(__name__)
+        try:
+            app.config.from_pyfile('missing.cfg')
+        except IOError, e:
+            msg = str(e)
+            assert msg.startswith('[Errno 2] Unable to load configuration '
+                                  'file (No such file or directory):')
+            assert msg.endswith("missing.cfg'")
+        else:
+            assert 0, 'expected config'
+
 
 class SubdomainTestCase(unittest.TestCase):