Re: Unclear Debug Message (Bug?) When Invalid Url in Extended Template

Could you check with Django 1.11a1? This might be fixed in https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/27584.

On Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 6:02:27 PM UTC-5, Connor Boyle wrote:

I've noticed that when I extend a template that references an invalid url name, in debug mode, the error message doesn't highlight the erroneous line in the parent template, but rather shows a section of the child template.

For example if "base.html" is just:

{% block content %}{% endblock %}

<a href="{% url 'page_three' %}">Page Three</a>

And "page_one.html" is:

{% extends 'base.html' %}

{% block content %}<p>This is page one</p>{% endblock %}

when there is no url named "page_three", debug mode will show an error message entitled:

NoReverseMatch at /page_one/

Reverse for 'page_three' with arguments '()' and keyword arguments '{}' not found. 0 pattern(s) tried: []

and show a few lines of page_one.html (instead of base.html, where the error originated). See attached screenshot for example.

Debug mode seems to do a fine job of highlighting the invalid line in the parent template for other errors, such as an {% if %} without an {% endif %} or an unrecognized tag (e.g. {% asdf %} ).

Is this a bug? Or at least a sorely missing feature? Am I crazy for thinking that this is not how this error should be displayed?

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