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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_file.py2
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_file.py b/Lib/test/test_file.py
index ff4996a..7a68b2f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_file.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_file.py
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ class AutoFileTests(unittest.TestCase):
except:
self.assertEquals(self.f.__exit__(*sys.exc_info()), None)
+ def testReadWhenWriting(self):
+ self.assertRaises(IOError, self.f.read)
class OtherFileTests(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 98dae61..e247506 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 3.1 alpha 0
Core and Builtins
-----------------
+- Added test case to ensure attempts to read from a file opened for writing
+ fail.
+
- Issue #3106: Speedup some comparisons (str/str and int/int).
- Issue #2183: Simplify and optimize bytecode for list, dict and set