A couple of things to ease migration to new API. Refs #4399

Code/Mantid/Framework/API/src/Algorithm.cpp

@@ -229,20 +229,23 @@ namespace Mantid
       g_log.setName(this->name());
       try
       {
-        // Invoke init() method of the derived class inside a try/catch clause
         try
         {
           this->init();
         }
         catch(std::runtime_error& ex)
         {
-          g_log.error()<<"Error initializing main algorithm"<<ex.what();
+          g_log.error() << "Error initializing " << this->name() << " algorithm. " << ex.what();
           throw;
         }
 
         // Indicate that this Algorithm has been initialized to prevent duplicate attempts.
         setInitialized();
       }
+      catch(std::runtime_error& ex)
+      {
+        throw;
+      }
       // Unpleasant catch-all! Along with this, Gaudi version catches GaudiException & std::exception
       // but doesn't really do anything except (print fatal) messages.
       catch (...)

Code/Mantid/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/api/src/Exports/PythonAlgorithmExport.cpp

@@ -57,5 +57,10 @@ void export_leaf_classes()
         (arg("name"), arg("defaultValue"), arg("direction")=Direction::Input),
          "Declares a named property where the type is taken from the type "
          "of the defaultValue and mapped to an appropriate C++ type")
+
+    .def("getLogger", &AlgorithmWrapper::getLogger, return_value_policy<reference_existing_object>(),
+         "Returns a reference to this algorithm's logger")
+    .def("log", &AlgorithmWrapper::getLogger, return_value_policy<reference_existing_object>(),
+         "Returns a reference to this algorithm's logger") // Traditional name
   ;
 }

Code/Mantid/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/kernel/src/Exports/V3D.cpp

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ void export_V3D()
     .def("X", &V3D::X, return_value_policy< copy_const_reference >(), "Returns the X coordinate")
     .def("Y", &V3D::Y, return_value_policy< copy_const_reference >(), "Returns the Y coordinate")
     .def("Z", &V3D::Z, return_value_policy< copy_const_reference >(), "Returns the Z coordinate")
+    .def("getX", &V3D::X, return_value_policy< copy_const_reference >(), "Returns the X coordinate") // Traditional name
+    .def("getY", &V3D::Y, return_value_policy< copy_const_reference >(), "Returns the Y coordinate") // Traditional name
+    .def("getZ", &V3D::Z, return_value_policy< copy_const_reference >(), "Returns the Z coordinate") // Traditional name
     .def("distance", &V3D::distance, "Returns the distance between this vector and another")
     .def("angle", &V3D::angle, "Returns the angle between this vector and another")
     .def("zenith", &V3D::zenith, "Returns the zenith between this vector and another")

Code/Mantid/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/simpleapi.py

@@ -471,9 +471,12 @@ def translate():
     for name, versions in algs.iteritems():
         if name == "Load":
             continue
-        # Create the algorithm object
-        _algm_object = algorithm_mgr.createUnmanaged(name, max(versions))
-        _algm_object.initialize()
+        try:
+            # Create the algorithm object
+            _algm_object = algorithm_mgr.createUnmanaged(name, max(versions))
+            _algm_object.initialize()
+        except Exception:
+            continue
         create_algorithm(name, max(versions), _algm_object)
         create_algorithm_dialog(name, max(versions), _algm_object)