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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""Tests that our version shims in backward.py are working."""
+
+from coverage.backward import iitems
+from tests.backunittest import TestCase
+
+
+class BackwardTest(TestCase):
+    """Tests of things from backward.py."""
+
+    run_in_temp_dir = False
+
+    def test_iitems(self):
+        d = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}
+        items = [('a', 1), ('b', 2), ('c', 3)]
+        self.assertSameElements(list(iitems(d)), items)