Description of openFileBlocking is wrong

The documentation states:

*Like openFile, but opens the file in ordinary blocking mode. This can be useful for opening a FIFO for reading: if we open in non-blocking mode then the open will fail if there are no writers, whereas a blocking open will block until a writer appears. * but I think this is the wrong way around, and should be:

*Like openFile, but opens the file in ordinary blocking mode. This can be useful for opening a FIFO for writing: if we open in non-blocking mode then the open will fail if there are no readers, whereas a blocking open will block until a reader appears. *

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Version	7.8.2
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Documentation
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You're right, I tested it.

Fixed in commit 4c4a0a52

Author: Thomas Miedema <thomasmiedema@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Jan 21 21:16:05 2016 +0100

    Fix docstring GHC.IO.Handle.FD.openFileBLocking
    
    Fixes #4248.

That ticket number should have been #9149 (closed).

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Merged to ghc-8.0 as ede37fd2.

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Resolution	Unresolved → ResolvedFixed

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