def findtext(self, template, dict=None):
"""Make some text from a template file. Once the templatefile is found,
string substitution is performed by interpolation in `dict'."""
if dict is not None:
try:
sdict = SafeDict(dict)
try:
text = sdict.interpolate(template)
except UnicodeError:
# Try again after coercing the template to unicode
utemplate = unicode(template, 'utf-8', 'replace')
text = sdict.interpolate(utemplate)
except (TypeError, ValueError), e:
# The template is really screwed up
raise Exception, "This template is really screwed up"
