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Merge pull request #390 from ugurthemaster/master

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fix creation of new "foreign" file on Windows
formatting
improve error message
fix version number in case of setuptools adding the '-py2.7' extension
add release date
add support for execution with the -m switch, fixed issue #398
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add .pth file when egg is encountered, see conda-recipes issue 35
improve docsting and rename function