[issue25466] offer "from __future__ import" option for "raise... from"

2015-10-25 Thread alanf
New submission from alanf: There is no "from __future__ import" option that would allow Python 2x users the "raise... from" syntax that is provided with Python 3. This is especially unfortunate because even if the "raise... from" is included in a branch that i

[issue24591] offer option to suppress "clean --all" output relating to nonexistent dirs

2015-07-08 Thread alanf
New submission from alanf: The command "setup.py clean --all" writes out information about nonexistent directories that the script tried to clean but couldn't find. Example: 'build/bdist.linux-x86_64' does not exist -- can't clean it 'build/scripts-2.7&#x

[issue24466] extend_path explanation in documentation is ambiguous

2015-06-18 Thread alanf
New submission from alanf: The description of pkgutil.extend_path in the doc (e.g., https://docs.python.org/2/library/pkgutil.html , https://docs.python.org/3/library/pkgutil.html ) is so ambiguous that I had to run a test to understand its behavior. The doc says: This will add to the