add keyword arguments support to str/unicode encode and decode #6300
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 53e386a..e0bd435 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
Eric Bouck
Thierry Bousch
Sebastian Boving
+Jeff Bradberry
Monty Brandenberg
Georg Brandl
Christopher Brannon
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0ce1168..66ee553 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #6300: unicode.encode, unicode.docode, str.decode, and str.encode now
+ take keyword arguments.
+
- Issue #6922: Fix an infinite loop when trying to decode an invalid
UTF-32 stream with a non-raising error handler like "replace" or "ignore".