Using "raise foo from bar" changes the message between the exceptions from "During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:" to "The above e

Using "raise foo from bar" changes the message between the exceptions from "During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:" to "The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:" So yes, these days the whole "raise from" construct is nearly pointless. Used to be that exception chaining wasn't automatic though.