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@@ -51,11 +51,25 @@ / \ 2 6 / \ / \ 1 3 5 7 +## Exception messages +Sometimes it is necessary to raise an exception. When you do this, you should include a meaningful error message to +indicate what the source of the error is. This makes your code more readable and helps significantly with debugging. Not +every exercise will require you to raise an exception, but for those that do, the tests will only pass if you include +a message. + +To raise a message with an exception, just write it as an argument to the exception type. For example, instead of +`raise Exception`, you shold write: + +```python +raise Exception("Meaningful message indicating the source of the error") +``` + + ## Submitting Exercises Note that, when trying to submit an exercise, make sure the solution is in the `exercism/python/<exerciseName>` directory. For example, if you're submitting `bob.py` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/python/bob/bob.py`. @@ -63,9 +77,9 @@ For more detailed information about running tests, code style and linting, please see the [help page](http://exercism.io/languages/python). ## Source -Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_search_tree](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_search_tree) +Josh Cheek [https://twitter.com/josh_cheek](https://twitter.com/josh_cheek) ## Submitting Incomplete Solutions -It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise. \ No newline at end of file +It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.