From: Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@colostate.edu>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 22:32:10 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: Improve a couple of error messages that weren't quite clear.
X-Git-Tag: v9.0.0-rc1~1247^2
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Improve a couple of error messages that weren't quite clear.
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diff --git a/source/dofs/dof_handler_policy.cc b/source/dofs/dof_handler_policy.cc
index 5e3ac54c98..508f0c188d 100644
--- a/source/dofs/dof_handler_policy.cc
+++ b/source/dofs/dof_handler_policy.cc
@@ -3750,11 +3750,17 @@ namespace internal
                   {
                     if (cell->is_ghost())
                       {
-                        Assert(false, ExcMessage ("Not a ghost cell"));
+                        Assert(false,
+                               ExcMessage ("A ghost cell ended up with incomplete "
+                                           "DoF index information. This should not "
+                                           "have happened!"));
                       }
                     else
                       {
-                        Assert(false, ExcMessage ("Not one of our own cells"));
+                        Assert(false,
+                               ExcMessage ("A locally owned cell ended up with incomplete "
+                                           "DoF index information. This should not "
+                                           "have happened!"));
                       }
                   }
               }