# HG changeset patch
# User cmlenz
# Date 1182114121 0
# Node ID 31ca37101a240dfe8557f778871a191274360314
# Parent  c75026f5417f7d13329f37f95677f432cdd275c3
Make the check for the `message_extractors` setup keyword more robst.

diff --git a/babel/messages/frontend.py b/babel/messages/frontend.py
--- a/babel/messages/frontend.py
+++ b/babel/messages/frontend.py
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
             finally:
                 fileobj.close()
 
-        elif self.distribution.message_extractors:
+        elif getattr(self.distribution, 'message_extractors', None):
             message_extractors = self.distribution.message_extractors
             for dirname, mapping in message_extractors.items():
                 if isinstance(mapping, basestring):