From 33c979e1198902562f36becc1b150a1d2ea9809a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wenzel Jakob <wenzel@cs.cornell.edu>
Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 15:01:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added a note about a not-so-helpful error message on windows

---
 doc/python.tex | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/python.tex b/doc/python.tex
index bdd4bdda..8e7e383e 100644
--- a/doc/python.tex
+++ b/doc/python.tex
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ os.environ['PATH'] = 'path-to-mitsuba-directory' + os.pathsep + os.environ['PATH
 
 import mitsuba
 \end{python}
+If you get an error message ``\code{ImportError: DLL load failed: \%1 is not a valid Win32 application}'',
+    the Python and Mitsuba architectures are mismatched (\code{i386} vs \code{x86\_64}).
 
 \subsubsection*{Python API documentation}
 For an overview of the currently exposed API subset, please refer