feat: Add more informative errors when evaluation of --default-resources fails

snakemake/resources.py

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import re
 import tempfile
 
+from snakemake.logging import logger
+
 
 class DefaultResources:
     defaults = {
@@ -58,6 +60,19 @@ def callable(wildcards, input, attempt, threads, rulename):
                     # Triggers for string arguments like n1-standard-4
                     except NameError:
                         return val
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        if not (
+                            isinstance(e, FileNotFoundError) and e.filename in input
+                        ):
+                            # Missing input files are handled by the caller
+                            logger.error(
+                                "Error: Failed to evaluate DefaultResources "
+                                "value '{}'.\n"
+                                "  String arguments may need additional "
+                                "quoting. Ex: --default-resources "
+                                "\"tmpdir='/home/user/tmp'\".".format(val)
+                            )
+                        raise e
                     return value
 
                 return callable