add a NEWS note for new args syntax

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 627ce44ca9bfb6d88290db1cceb382a8f91ffb24..daba28409303e85cc2e4ad33c1f76e4307b0b37e 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.6 beta 3?
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Keyword arguments can now follow starred arguments. (``f(a, *args,
+  keyword=23)`` is now valid syntax.)
+
 - ctypes function pointers that are COM methods have a boolean True
   value again.