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 Changelog
 =========
 
+v0.8.2
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+
+- Critical bug fix for automated opening of filehandle in Python2.7 
+- Test function skipping added for ``SequenceFile().filter()`` when SciPy not installed
+- Renamed conkit/io/tests files for filenames to agree with modules in conkit/io
+- Performance of ``write()`` in parsers improved by construction of string and single call to ``write()`` of filehandle
+
 v0.8.1
 ------
 
 - Revoked catching of ``SystemExit(0)`` exception in scripts when invoked with ``--help`` flag 
 - Bug fix relating to Python3 automatic opening of file handles - Thanks to Miguel Correa for reporting this bug
 
-
 v0.8
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 - ``io`` sub-package caches modules and imports upon request
 - ``core`` classes extracted to individual module files
 - License text added to each module
-
-
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