recast std::bad_alloc as a Python exception

[mr-c]

Will fix #111

[mr-c]

Jenkins, please test this

[mr-c]

Jenkins, retest this please

[ctb]

How do we put automated tests in place for these branches - any thoughts?

[mr-c]

@ctb For the functions allocating table call them with outrageously huge table sizes.

[mr-c]

Blargh, OS X just kills the process instead of throwing the std::bad_alloc exception which also makes the tests I wrote unusable.

[mr-c]

• Is it mergable?
• Did it pass the tests?
• If it introduces new functionality in scripts/ is it tested?
  Check for code coverage with make clean diff-cover
• Is it well formatted? Look at make pep8, make diff_pylint_report,
  make cppcheck, and make doc output. Use make format and manual
  fixing as needed.
• N/A Did it change the command-line interface? Only additions are allowed
  without a major version increment. Changing file formats also requires a
  major version number increment.
• Is it documented in the ChangeLog?
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changelog#Format
• Was a spellchecker run on the source code and documentation after
  changes were made?

[mr-c]

Jenkins, test this please

[mr-c]

@luizirber @ctb @camillescott Ready for review and merge

[ctb]

does this mean we no longer need setup.cfg?

[mr-c]

setup.cfg provides other default values and acts as a fallback if the Setuptools nosetests command is run outside of the Makefile