From 810b5e8fab7c8779a0d049753968666d22049e50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Padraic Shafer <pshafer@bnl.gov>
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 09:23:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] BUG: Pass a tuple to str.join()

---
 databroker/_core.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/databroker/_core.py b/databroker/_core.py
index 3780115ce..acd4eea06 100644
--- a/databroker/_core.py
+++ b/databroker/_core.py
@@ -766,10 +766,10 @@ def _(key, db):
     if abs(key) <= max_int_value:
         key = int(key)
     else:
-        reason = " ".join(
+        reason = " ".join((
             f"Integer key must be less than +/-{max_int_value};",
             f"cannot convert value {key} of type {type(key)}."
-        )
+        ))
         raise KeyError(reason)
     if key > -1:
         # Interpret key as a scan_id.