more granular error messages

Signed-off-by: govinda-kamath <[email protected]>
openslide · Oct 21, 2024 · 967846a · 967846a
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commit 967846a
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/openslide/lowlevel.py b/openslide/lowlevel.py
@@ -72,12 +72,14 @@ def _load_library() -> CDLL:
         pass
 
     def try_load(names: list[str]) -> CDLL:
+        error_strings = []
         for name in names:
             try:
                 return cdll.LoadLibrary(name)
-            except OSError:
+            except OSError as err:
+                error_strings.append(f"{name}: {err}")
                 if name == names[-1]:
-                    raise
+                    raise OSError("\n".join(error_strings))
         else:
             raise ValueError('No library names specified')