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  r67326 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-11-22 02:59:15 +0100 (Sat, 22 Nov 2008) | 1 line

  backport r67325: make FileIO.mode always contain 'b'
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  r67498 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-12-03 16:42:10 +0100 (Wed, 03 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  Backport r67478
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  r67531 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-04 19:54:05 +0100 (Thu, 04 Dec 2008) | 2 lines

  Add reference to enumerate() to indices example.
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  r67532 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-04 19:59:16 +0100 (Thu, 04 Dec 2008) | 2 lines

  Add another heapq example.
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  r67538 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-04 22:28:16 +0100 (Thu, 04 Dec 2008) | 2 lines

  Clarification to avoid confusing output with file descriptors.
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  r67553 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-05 08:49:49 +0100 (Fri, 05 Dec 2008) | 2 lines

  #4408: document regex.groups.
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  r67554 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-05 08:52:26 +0100 (Fri, 05 Dec 2008) | 2 lines

  #4409: fix asterisks looking like footnotes.
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  r67556 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-05 09:02:17 +0100 (Fri, 05 Dec 2008) | 2 lines

  #4441: improve doc for os.open() flags.
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  r67557 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-05 09:06:57 +0100 (Fri, 05 Dec 2008) | 2 lines

  Add an index entry for "subclassing immutable types".
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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_fileio.py b/Lib/test/test_fileio.py
index cbc7165..c978779 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_fileio.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_fileio.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         # verify expected attributes exist
         f = self.f
 
-        self.assertEquals(f.mode, "w")
+        self.assertEquals(f.mode, "wb")
         self.assertEquals(f.closed, False)
 
         # verify the attributes are readonly
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 
     def testModeStrings(self):
         # check invalid mode strings
-        for mode in ("", "aU", "wU+", "rb", "rt"):
+        for mode in ("", "aU", "wU+", "rw", "rt"):
             try:
                 f = _fileio._FileIO(TESTFN, mode)
             except ValueError: