Merge pull request #26 from segmentio/helpful-error

load: clarify some error messages
segmentio · Jul 18, 2018 · a2a7fb2 · a2a7fb2
2 parents cee1e55 + 9c04b53
commit a2a7fb2
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/load.go b/load.go
@@ -109,15 +109,15 @@ func (ld Loader) Load(cfg interface{}) (cmd string, args []string, err error) {
  }
 
  if v.Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
- panic(fmt.Sprintf("cannot load configuration into %T", cfg))
+ panic(fmt.Sprintf("cannot load configuration into non-pointer type: %T", cfg))
  }
 
  if v.IsNil() {
- panic(fmt.Sprintf("cannot load configuration into nil %T", cfg))
+ panic(fmt.Sprintf("cannot load configuration into nil pointer of type: %T", cfg))
  }
 
  if v = v.Elem(); v.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
- panic(fmt.Sprintf("cannot load configuration into %T", cfg))
+ panic(fmt.Sprintf("cannot load configuration into non-struct pointer: %T", cfg))
  }
 
  if len(ld.Commands) != 0 {