Better exception message for invalid JSON in hint distro file #2150
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A user of my fork DM'd me today because they had run into an issue where the randomizer showed this error message:
The problem was a syntax error in one of their custom hint distribution files. The error message does not mention this; you need to read the traceback to find the cause of the issue. This PR changes the error message to the following:
This can be tested by placing a hint distribution that's not valid JSON (e.g. an empty file) into
data/Hints
.