Make errors a bit more user friendly

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/z80count/z80count.py b/z80count/z80count.py
index f274139..5714c28 100644
--- a/z80count/z80count.py
+++ b/z80count/z80count.py
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ DEF_CONFIG_FILE = "z80countrc"
 
 def perror(message, *args, **kwargs):
     exc = kwargs.get("exc")
-    print(message % args, file=sys.stderr)
     if exc:
-        print(str(exc))
+        print(exc, file=sys.stderr)
+    print(message % args, file=sys.stderr)
 
 
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@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ def load_config_file(config_file, schema):
     parser["z80count"] = {i.config_name: i.default for i in schema}
     try:
         parser.read(config_file)
-    except configparser.Error as e:
-        perror("Error parsing config file. Using defaults.", exc=e)
+    except configparser.Error as ex:
+        perror("Error parsing config file. Using defaults.", exc=ex)
 
     section = parser["z80count"]
     res = {}
@@ -121,11 +121,10 @@ def load_config_file(config_file, schema):
         v = section.get(opt.config_name)
         try:
             v = opt.type(v)
-        except (ValueError, TypeError) as e:
+        except (ValueError, TypeError):
             perror(
                 "Error parsing config value for '%s'. Using default.",
                 opt.config_name,
-                exc=e,
             )
             v = opt.default
         res[opt.config_name] = v