(Merge 3.1) Issue #12175: FileIO.readall() now raises a ValueError instead of
an IOError if the file is closed.
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@@ -731,6 +731,9 @@
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+- Issue #12175: FileIO.readall() now raises a ValueError instead of an IOError
+  if the file is closed.
+
 - Issue #10916: mmap should not segfault when a file is mapped using 0 as length
   and a non-zero offset, and an attempt to read past the end of file is made
   (IndexError is raised instead).  Patch by Ross Lagerwall.