From 88ed441e729f7c69e091ebcfb4404fead8676f66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Quinson <martin.quinson@loria.fr>
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2018 22:46:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] improve an error message

---
 src/surf/sg_platf.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/surf/sg_platf.cpp b/src/surf/sg_platf.cpp
index a5ce276ac8..f192754677 100644
--- a/src/surf/sg_platf.cpp
+++ b/src/surf/sg_platf.cpp
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ void sg_platf_new_actor(simgrid::kernel::routing::ActorCreationArgs* actor)
     xbt_die("%s", msg.c_str());
   }
   simgrid::simix::ActorCodeFactory& factory = SIMIX_get_actor_code_factory(actor->function);
-  xbt_assert(factory, "Function '%s' unknown", actor->function);
+  xbt_assert(factory, "Error while creating an actor from the XML file: Function '%s' not registered", actor->function);
 
   double start_time = actor->start_time;
   double kill_time  = actor->kill_time;
-- 
2.20.1