[Python-ideas] Error messages for shared libraries for other platform

[Ryan]

I don't really know C. At all. I was thinking the errors could be caught at a higher level, something like(the code isn't runnable):

except windowserror as ex:
 if ex.string == '%1 is not...:
  raise_error_here


Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

>Do you know how to fix this?
>
>On Sunday, August 4, 2013, Ryan wrote:
>
>> Here are my experiences in accidently getting a .so/.dll file for the
>> wrong chip/CPU type:
>>
>> Windows:
>>
>> %1 is not a valid Win32 application
>>
>> *nix/Android:
>>
>> A long message about improper memory mappings and such.
>>
>> I'd like to propose the concept of better errors in these cases. Both
>> Windows and Posix errors is this case are horrible, and it'd be nice
>for
>> them to actually be written in English.
>> --
>> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
>>
>
>
>-- 
>--Guido van Rossum (on iPad)

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