Panic in release binaries too

Author: lionel-

crates/ark/src/console.rs

@@ -648,10 +648,12 @@ impl Console {
                     .log_err();
             }
 
-            // Initialize support functions (after routine registration, after r_task initialization)
+            // Initialize support functions (after routine registration, after
+            // r_task initialization). Intentionally panic if module loading
+            // fails. Modules are critical for ark to function.
             match modules::initialize() {
                 Err(err) => {
-                    log::error!("Can't load R modules: {err:?}");
+                    panic!("Failed to load R modules: {err:?}");
                 },
                 Ok(namespace) => {
                     console.positron_ns = Some(namespace);

crates/ark/src/modules.rs

@@ -152,9 +152,7 @@ pub fn initialize() -> anyhow::Result<RObject> {
     }
 
     // Finish initialization of modules
-    RFunction::from("initialize")
-        .call_in(namespace.sexp)
-        .log_err();
+    RFunction::from("initialize").call_in(namespace.sexp)?;
 
     // Do this separately with a bare eval because `errors_initialize()` should
     // be called without any condition handlers on the stack