From 3889770c38ba4e71326110812a5c44f120406cf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kelvin Rodriguez <kelvinrr@icloud.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 17:12:31 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] better error, made travis install python lib

---
 .travis.yml | 1 +
 src/ale.cpp | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4930abc..f119092 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ install:
 
 script:
   - PYTHONPATH=. pytest tests/pytests
+  - python setup.py install # install to use python lib in c code
   - mkdir build
   - cd build
   - cmake -DCOVERAGE=ON ..
diff --git a/src/ale.cpp b/src/ale.cpp
index c0dd3af..6e139f7 100644
--- a/src/ale.cpp
+++ b/src/ale.cpp
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ namespace ale {
      // Import the file as a Python module.
      PyObject *pModule = PyImport_Import(PyUnicode_FromString("ale"));
      if(!pModule) {
-       throw runtime_error(getPyTraceback());
+       throw runtime_error("Failed to import ale. Make sure the ale python library is correctly installed.");
      }
      // Create a dictionary for the contents of the module.
      PyObject *pDict = PyModule_GetDict(pModule);
-- 
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