protocols/pyon: improve error reporting of non-serializable type

m-labs · Oct 29, 2015 · f0eed11 · f0eed11
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diff --git a/artiq/protocols/pyon.py b/artiq/protocols/pyon.py
@@ -132,7 +132,10 @@ def encode_npscalar(self, x):
         return r
 
     def encode(self, x):
-        return getattr(self, "encode_" + _encode_map[type(x)])(x)
+        ty = _encode_map.get(type(x), None)
+        if ty is None:
+            raise TypeError(repr(x) + " is not PYON serializable")
+        return getattr(self, "encode_" + ty)(x)
 
 
 def encode(x, pretty=False):