[issue27997] ImportError should be raised consistently from import machinery.

2016-09-06 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
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[issue27997] ImportError should be raised consistently from import machinery.

2016-09-06 Thread Eric Snow
New submission from Eric Snow: As indicated by issue #16384, the import machinery is not consistent in raising ImportError. Some places in _bootstrap.py (and _bootstrap_external.py) raise ImportError and others make no effort to wrap errors that get encountered. I would expect the import mac