From: Jonathan Perry-Houts <jperryh2@uoregon.edu>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 16:28:42 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Improve error message if FiniteElement has not been initialized.
X-Git-Tag: v8.4.0-rc2~394^2
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7ea220b314e5e56577a0685086cd5df2e0159b36;p=dealii.git

Improve error message if FiniteElement has not been initialized.
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diff --git a/include/deal.II/dofs/dof_handler.h b/include/deal.II/dofs/dof_handler.h
index ff474d374b..2a3beb5603 100644
--- 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;
 }