Index: trunk/glueforge/templates/psdb/metadatafromobject.tt
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--- trunk/glueforge/templates/psdb/metadatafromobject.tt	(revision 4332)
+++ trunk/glueforge/templates/psdb/metadatafromobject.tt	(revision 4341)
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
     if (!psMetadataAdd(md, PS_LIST_TAIL, "[% item.name %]", PS_META_BOOL, NULL, object->[% item.name %])) {
 [% END -%]
-        // psError(); something bad happened
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "failed to add item [% item.name %]");
         psFree(md);
         return NULL;