From 4b0dc3b5a5c7d764a540bd01aebe9bfb94065f79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Momtchil Momtchev <momtchil@momtchev.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2024 23:23:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] show the error when failing to init

---
 src/main.cc | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index 9740d8c..4a415b7 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -214,7 +214,9 @@ static Napi::Object PympInit(Env env, Object exports) {
 #endif
     auto status = Py_InitializeFromConfig(&config);
     PyConfig_Clear(&config);
-    if (PyStatus_Exception(status)) { throw Error::New(env, "Failed initializing Python"); }
+    if (PyStatus_Exception(status)) {
+      throw Error::New(env, "Failed initializing Python: "s + std::string{status.err_msg});
+    }
     memview::Init();
     PyObjectWrap::InitJSTrampoline();
     py_main = PyEval_SaveThread();