If the wrong name is used for, say, a generator, the user gets a wild segfault with zero information about what went wrong. This PR adds protection against bad strings and provides a more helpful message.
Bear in mind that part of the message is compiler-dependent. There are no guarantees that typeid(x).name() gives a human-readable output. Thankfully, most compilers do provide a sensible output, so this might be a good enough compromise between simplicity and correctness.
I also added a test that verifies that the exception is raised.
If the wrong name is used for, say, a generator, the user gets a wild segfault with zero information about what went wrong. This PR adds protection against bad strings and provides a more helpful message.
Bear in mind that part of the message is compiler-dependent. There are no guarantees that
typeid(x).name()gives a human-readable output. Thankfully, most compilers do provide a sensible output, so this might be a good enough compromise between simplicity and correctness.I also added a test that verifies that the exception is raised.