X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/8eb65b21a7b7eea1f987d7fec9cb8ac65de2aeb2..5b3187552676947ee74e4b652e7a04d3d9b9a3a4:/sdk/python/arvados/keep.py

diff --git a/sdk/python/arvados/keep.py b/sdk/python/arvados/keep.py
index 2846630437..b2700ae5ba 100644
--- a/sdk/python/arvados/keep.py
+++ b/sdk/python/arvados/keep.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class KeepLocator(object):
             return getattr(self, data_name)
         def setter(self, hex_str):
             if not arvados.util.is_hex(hex_str, length):
-                raise ValueError("{} must be a {}-digit hex string: {}".
+                raise ValueError("{} is not a {}-digit hex string: {}".
                                  format(name, length, hex_str))
             setattr(self, data_name, hex_str)
         return property(getter, setter)
@@ -648,10 +648,7 @@ class KeepClient(object):
                     'uuid': 'proxy',
                     '_service_root': proxy,
                     }]
-                self._writable_services = [{
-                    'uuid': 'proxy',
-                    '_service_root': proxy,
-                    }]
+                self._writable_services = self._keep_services
                 self.using_proxy = True
                 self._static_services_list = True
             else:
@@ -759,7 +756,7 @@ class KeepClient(object):
         # for this locator, and return their service_roots (base URIs)
         # in that order.
         use_services = self._keep_services
-        if (need_writable == True):
+        if need_writable:
           use_services = self._writable_services
         sorted_roots.extend([
             svc['_service_root'] for svc in sorted(
@@ -932,7 +929,7 @@ class KeepClient(object):
         if isinstance(data, unicode):
             data = data.encode("ascii")
         elif not isinstance(data, str):
-            raise arvados.errors.ArgumentError("Argument 'data' to KeepClient.put must be type 'str'")
+            raise arvados.errors.ArgumentError("Argument 'data' to KeepClient.put is not type 'str'")
 
         data_hash = hashlib.md5(data).hexdigest()
         if copies < 1: