From d671908e7f36fea2d128fc32779ff2d77cdb890b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Williamson <mike@zwobble.org>
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2025 10:58:39 +0000
Subject: Convert non-string errors into JSON text

---
 jq.pyx | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'jq.pyx')

diff --git a/jq.pyx b/jq.pyx
index c0a9c09..1b2056c 100644
--- a/jq.pyx
+++ b/jq.pyx
@@ -183,13 +183,15 @@ cdef void _store_error(void* store_ptr, jv error) noexcept:
 
 
 cdef unicode _jq_error_to_py_string(jv error) noexcept:
+    error = jv_copy(error)
+
     if jv_get_kind(error) == JV_KIND_STRING:
         try:
             return jv_string_to_py_string(error)
         except:
             return u"Internal error"
     else:
-        return u"(not a string)"
+        return json.dumps(_jv_to_python(error))
 
 
 cdef class _ErrorStore(object):
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