SF #1479181: split open() and file() from being aliases for each other.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 Core and builtins
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+- Patch #1479181: split open() and file() from being aliases for each other.
+
 - Bug #1465834: 'bdist_wininst preinstall script support' was fixed
   by converting these apis from macros into exported functions again: