From f7dd11133349cb459bf6a829b33443ab8e3694d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laurin-Luis Lehning <65224843+e820@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2021 23:25:39 +0100
Subject: Some documentation language adjustments & improved error messages

---
 mesonbuild/interpreterbase.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'mesonbuild')

diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreterbase.py b/mesonbuild/interpreterbase.py
index 01bfdaa..ec6ddc8 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreterbase.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreterbase.py
@@ -937,7 +937,8 @@ The result of this is undefined and will become a hard error in a future Meson r
             try:
                 val = self.variables[var]
                 if not isinstance(val, (str, int, float, bool)):
-                    raise InvalidCode(f'Identifier "{var}" does not name a formattable variable.')
+                    raise InvalidCode(f'Identifier "{var}" does not name a formattable variable ' +
+                        '(has to be an integer, a string, a floating point number or a boolean).')
 
                 return str(val)
             except KeyError:
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