From: Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@colostate.edu>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 21:31:03 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: Avoid an exception without message.
X-Git-Tag: v8.5.0-rc1~674^2
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ebefca4400773fecca4b355247e810f2db94ec26;p=dealii.git

Avoid an exception without message.
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diff --git a/include/deal.II/base/logstream.h b/include/deal.II/base/logstream.h
index ed6d187559..8398d7ac51 100644
--- a/include/deal.II/base/logstream.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/base/logstream.h
@@ -398,12 +398,6 @@ public:
    */
   std::size_t memory_consumption () const;
 
-
-  /**
-   * Exception.
-   */
-  DeclException0(ExcNoFileStreamGiven);
-
 private:
 
 
diff --git a/source/base/logstream.cc b/source/base/logstream.cc
index eb99ccc045..22159aaa6f 100644
--- a/source/base/logstream.cc
+++ b/source/base/logstream.cc
@@ -260,7 +260,9 @@ LogStream::get_console()
 std::ostream &
 LogStream::get_file_stream()
 {
-  Assert(file, ExcNoFileStreamGiven());
+  Assert(file,
+         ExcMessage("You can't ask for the std::ostream object for the output "
+                    "file if none had been set before."));
   return *file;
 }