From 7741822f776bdc8c0ec85c212db5cae38af60ddc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de>
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 23:34:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] improve error message on slice deletion

---
 Cython/Utility/ObjectHandling.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Cython/Utility/ObjectHandling.c b/Cython/Utility/ObjectHandling.c
index c2970c1..af33353 100644
--- a/Cython/Utility/ObjectHandling.c
+++ b/Cython/Utility/ObjectHandling.c
@@ -581,7 +581,8 @@ static CYTHON_INLINE int __Pyx_PyObject_SetSlice(
 {{if access == 'Get'}}
         "'%.200s' object is unsliceable", Py_TYPE(obj)->tp_name);
 {{else}}
-        "'%.200s' object does not support slice assignment", Py_TYPE(obj)->tp_name);
+        "'%.200s' object does not support slice %s",
+        Py_TYPE(obj)->tp_name, value ? "assignment" : "deletion");
 {{endif}}
 
 bad:
-- 
2.7.4