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

[Ryan]

These errors are referring to extension modules. i.e. LLVMPy, the wrong TkInter(I accidentally installed Python 32-bit on top of Python 64-bit), and stuff like that.

Clay Sweetser <clay.sweetser at gmail.com> wrote:

>(I have only had this happen with an improper DLL for the main Python
>executable, don't know about extension modules)
>The problem is, these errors tend to happen to the main Python
>executable,
>as it's code and the code contained in shared libraries are being
>loaded
>into memory.
>Because of this, there is no easy way to catch these errors, as they
>happen
>*before* Python is fully initialized and running.
>The only way I can think of to fix this would be to have a pre-script
>or
>program run the Python executable as a subprocess, and analyze stdout
>for
>these errors. Another solution would be to have a troubleshooting page
>at
>python.org explaining these errors.
>
>"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will
>come
>along and insist of putting things in it." - Terry Pratchett
>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.
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>>>
>>
>>
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