add a NEWS entry
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #1819: function calls with several named parameters are now on
+ average 35% faster (as measured by pybench).
+
- Issue #2378: An unexpected UnboundLocalError or NameError could appear when
the python debugger steps into a class statement: the free variables (local
variables defined in an outer scope) would be deleted from the outer scope.