# HG changeset patch
# User cmlenz
# Date 1182114121 0
# Node ID c38b2cb525284a6a186e3574f2ea96a6cc5fecd7
# Parent  bfe7357a475405ca2285b52825896645d06810b1
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):