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@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 3.3.1?
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #8401: assigning an int to a bytearray slice (e.g. b[3:4] = 5) now
+  raises an error.
+
 - Fix segfaults on setting __qualname__ on builtin types and attempting to
   delete it on any type.