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Add context to yara.Error exception

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c, python
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by tracing where the Python yara.Error exception is created and how internal errors such as TOO_MANY_MATCHES reach it. Done means the exception provides useful context, especially the rule name causing the error, for the reported internal-error cases.

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Description

It would be very useful to add context to yara.Error Exception, especially the rule name causing internal errors (TOO_MANY_MATCHES or else).

Dominant language
C
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Forks
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