Issue #18426: improve exception message. Courtesy of Amaury

tiran · tiran · commit 7ce57d67c925 · 2013-07-11T13:02:30.000+02:00
diff --git a/Python/importdl.c b/Python/importdl.c
@@ -97,8 +97,12 @@ _PyImport_LoadDynamicModule(PyObject *name, PyObject *path, FILE *fp)
 
     /* Remember pointer to module init function. */
     def = PyModule_GetDef(m);
-    if (def == NULL)
+    if (def == NULL) {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_SystemError,
+                     "initialization of %s did not return an extension "
+                     "module", shortname);
         goto error;
+    }
     def->m_base.m_init = p;
 
     /* Remember the filename as the __file__ attribute */
