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Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2014 16:13:32 -0800
From: Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>
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On 01/05/2014 02:56 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
> Remember that "raise Spam from None" only works from Python 3.3 onwards.
> Personally, I think that releasing nested tracebacks before having a way to
> suppress the display was a strategic blunder [...]

I would just call it really really annoying. ;)  On the upside adding 'from None' was a small enough project that I was 
able to get it going, and that was the bridge to eventually becoming a dev.  :D

--
~Ethan~