**Blender Version**
Broken: 2.77a and
Worked: (optional)
**Short description of error**
Calls to `self.report()` from the modal operator are not shown in the UI, when that modal operator is called from a non-modal operator.
Furthermore, there is a difference in console output:
Modal operator called from space-menu:
**Exact steps for others to reproduce the error**
Based on a (as simple as possible) attached .blend file with minimum amount of steps