pythongh-125873: Add hint when failing to import encodings

refeed · Oct 27, 2024 · c14d804 · c14d804
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diff --git a/Python/codecs.c b/Python/codecs.c
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ _PyCodec_InitRegistry(PyInterpreterState *interp)
     // search functions, so this is done after everything else is initialized.
     PyObject *mod = PyImport_ImportModule("encodings");
     if (mod == NULL) {
-        return PyStatus_Error("Failed to import encodings module");
+        return PyStatus_Error("Failed to import encodings module. Are you sure PYTHONHOME is correct?");
     }
     Py_DECREF(mod);