Forgot to mention the SF number, and that Bob Ippolito provided the patch.

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 70e37d7f4351de7cac8f6cfc079cb67148ce9cea..c26b09b33fdf6c243e631eef3def1ccc9094c1b2 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -473,7 +473,8 @@ C API
 
 - New public functions Py_IncRef() and Py_DecRef(), exposing the
   functionality of the Py_XINCREF() and Py_XDECREF macros. Useful for
-  runtime dynamic embedding of Python.
+  runtime dynamic embedding of Python.  See patch #938302, by Bob
+  Ippolito.
 
 - Added a new macro, PySequence_Fast_ITEMS, which retrieves a fast sequence's
   underlying array of PyObject pointers.  Useful for high speed looping.