backport from HEAD

Author: Richard Jones

CHANGES.txt

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Fixed:
 - made errors from bad input in the quick "Show issue:" form more
   user-friendly (sf bug 904064)
 - don't add a query to a user's list if it's already there
+- nicer invalid property error in HTML templating
 
 
 2004-02-25 0.6.6

roundup/cgi/templating.py

@@ -310,7 +310,10 @@ def __getitem__(self, item):
             return None
 
         # get the property
-        prop = self._props[item]
+        try:
+            prop = self._props[item]
+        except KeyError:
+            raise KeyError, 'No such property "%s" on %s'%(item, self.classname)
 
         # look up the correct HTMLProperty class
         form = self._client.form