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-rw-r--r--src/python/m5/SimObject.py8
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):