From 37c1d88037db71e3862ff549863c559c85cd0b26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wrongkindofdoctor <20195932+wrongkindofdoctor@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 11:49:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] change assertion to log errof if translation is None in
 varlist_util

---
 src/varlist_util.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/varlist_util.py b/src/varlist_util.py
index 97332a4a7..f256acd5b 100644
--- a/src/varlist_util.py
+++ b/src/varlist_util.py
@@ -560,7 +560,8 @@ def setup_var(self,
         v.dest_path = self.variable_dest_path(model_paths, case_name, v)
         try:
             trans_v = translate.translate(v, from_convention)
-            assert trans_v is not None, f'translation for varlistentry {v.name} failed'
+            if trans_v is None:
+                v.log.error(f'translation for varlistEntry {v.name} failed')
             v.translation = trans_v
             # copy preferred gfdl post-processing component during translation
             if hasattr(trans_v, "component"):