improve ValueError message

alejoe91 · alejoe91 · commit 3d0a98b97d15 · 2025-06-12T14:14:05.000+02:00
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/preprocessing/filter.py b/src/spikeinterface/preprocessing/filter.py
@@ -423,7 +423,8 @@ def fix_dtype(recording, dtype):
     # if uint --> force int
     if dtype.kind == "u":
         raise ValueError(
-            "Unsigned types are not supported. You can use "
+            "Unsigned types are not supported, since they don't ineract well with "
+            "various preprocessing steps. You can use "
             "`spikeinterface.preprocessing.unsigned_to_signed` to convert the recording to a signed type."
         )
 

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -423,7 +423,8 @@ def fix_dtype(recording, dtype):`
`423`	`423`	`# if uint --> force int`
`424`	`424`	`if dtype.kind == "u":`
`425`	`425`	`raise ValueError(`
`426`		`- "Unsigned types are not supported. You can use "`
	`426`	`+ "Unsigned types are not supported, since they don't ineract well with "`
	`427`	`+ "various preprocessing steps. You can use "`
`427`	`428`	"`spikeinterface.preprocessing.unsigned_to_signed` to convert the recording to a signed type."
`428`	`429`	`)`
`429`	`430`