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| -rw-r--r-- | src/python/m5/SimObject.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/python/m5/SimObject.py b/src/python/m5/SimObject.py index 013f609d6..fc5416cbf 100644 --- a/src/python/m5/SimObject.py +++ b/src/python/m5/SimObject.py @@ -724,9 +724,15 @@ class SimObject(object): if self._ccObject and hasattr(self._ccObject, attr): return getattr(self._ccObject, attr) - raise AttributeError, "object '%s' has no attribute '%s'" \ + err_string = "object '%s' has no attribute '%s'" \ % (self.__class__.__name__, attr) + if not self._ccObject: + err_string += "\n (C++ object is not yet constructed," \ + " so wrapped C++ methods are unavailable.)" + + raise AttributeError, err_string + # Set attribute (called on foo.attr = value when foo is an # instance of class cls). def __setattr__(self, attr, value): |