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  r67908 | skip.montanaro | 2008-12-22 21:30:15 -0600 (Mon, 22 Dec 2008) | 4 lines

  As a result of a regression that snuck into 2.5.3 add a test case that
  ensures that when you try to read from a file opened for writing an IOError
  is raised.
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 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Added test case to ensure attempts to read from a file opened for writing
+  fail.
+
 - Issue #4597: Fixed several opcodes that weren't always propagating
   exceptions.