Improve error message if FiniteElement has not been initialized.

diff --git a/include/deal.II/dofs/dof_handler.h b/include/deal.II/dofs/dof_handler.h
index ff474d374baa4ce63ee00d1d6d5d62a55f8aead0..2a3beb560326b2426d41e32e12e1b2ff30977989 100644 (file)
--- a/include/deal.II/dofs/dof_handler.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/dofs/dof_handler.h
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ inline
 const FiniteElement<dim,spacedim> &
 DoFHandler<dim,spacedim>::get_fe () const
 {
-  Assert(selected_fe!=0, ExcNotInitialized());
+  Assert(selected_fe!=0, ExcMessage("You are trying to access the DoFHandler's FiniteElement object before it has been initialized."));
   return *selected_fe;
 }