From 35a68d3f24ee9cc5d8f75be46b6921c7584c9413 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dalthviz <16781833+dalthviz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:19:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Variable Explorer: Catch TypeError when loading a
 .spydata file

---
 .../plugins/variableexplorer/widgets/namespacebrowser.py  | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/spyder/plugins/variableexplorer/widgets/namespacebrowser.py b/spyder/plugins/variableexplorer/widgets/namespacebrowser.py
index 18e60bacaf8..68659817e1a 100644
--- a/spyder/plugins/variableexplorer/widgets/namespacebrowser.py
+++ b/spyder/plugins/variableexplorer/widgets/namespacebrowser.py
@@ -381,6 +381,14 @@ def load_data(self, filename, ext):
                     "<br><br><tt>{extensions}</tt>").format(
                         extensions=', '.join(IMPORT_EXT))
             return msg
+        except TypeError:
+            msg = _("Spyder is unable to open the file "
+                    "you're trying to load. This could be caused due to a "
+                    "difference between the packages versions used to create "
+                    "the data and the versions installed with the currently "
+                    "selected interpreter. Please check the packages versions "
+                    "used to create the data and their compatibility with the "
+                    "packages versions installed.<br>")
         except (UnpicklingError, RuntimeError, CommError):
             return None
 

From 462ada40112ca762127b7be7a1e1a653127ab573 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Daniel=20Althviz=20Mor=C3=A9?=
 <16781833+dalthviz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 13:29:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Apply suggestions from code review

Co-authored-by: Carlos Cordoba <ccordoba12@gmail.com>
---
 .../variableexplorer/widgets/namespacebrowser.py  | 15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/spyder/plugins/variableexplorer/widgets/namespacebrowser.py b/spyder/plugins/variableexplorer/widgets/namespacebrowser.py
index 68659817e1a..b7505b9e33e 100644
--- a/spyder/plugins/variableexplorer/widgets/namespacebrowser.py
+++ b/spyder/plugins/variableexplorer/widgets/namespacebrowser.py
@@ -382,13 +382,14 @@ def load_data(self, filename, ext):
                         extensions=', '.join(IMPORT_EXT))
             return msg
         except TypeError:
-            msg = _("Spyder is unable to open the file "
-                    "you're trying to load. This could be caused due to a "
-                    "difference between the packages versions used to create "
-                    "the data and the versions installed with the currently "
-                    "selected interpreter. Please check the packages versions "
-                    "used to create the data and their compatibility with the "
-                    "packages versions installed.<br>")
+            msg = _(
+                "Spyder is unable to open the file you're trying to load. "
+                "This could be caused due to a difference between the package "
+                "versions used when you saved this spydata file and the ones "
+                "installed in the current environment. Please check the "
+                "compatibility between them (e.g. that you're using Numpy 2.x "
+                "in both environments).<br>"
+            )
         except (UnpicklingError, RuntimeError, CommError):
             return None