added a verbose exception for Alloc.make_node

theano/tensor/basic.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import elemwise
 from theano import scalar as scal
 from theano.gof.python25 import partial, any, all
 from theano import compile, printing
-from theano.printing import pprint
+from theano.printing import pprint, min_informative_str
 
 # We use these exceptions as well.
 from theano.scalar import ComplexError, IntegerDivisionError
@@ -2492,8 +2492,13 @@ class Alloc(gof.Op):
         v = as_tensor_variable(value)
         sh = [as_tensor_variable(s) for s in shape]
         bcast = []
-        for s in sh:
+        for i, s in enumerate(sh):
             if s.type.dtype[:3] not in ('int', 'uin'):
+                if config.exception_verbosity == 'high':
+                    raise TypeError('Shape arguments to Alloc must be integers,' + \
+                        'but argument '+str(i)+' is not for apply node: '+\
+                        min_informative_str(s))
+                else:
                     raise TypeError('Shape arguments must be integers', s)
             # if s is constant 1, then we're broadcastable in that dim
             try: