SF patch #941881: PEP 309 Implementation (Partial Function Application).
Combined efforts of many including Peter Harris, Hye-Shik Chang,
Martin v. Löwis, Nick Coghlan, Paul Moore, and Raymond Hettinger.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 68762a6..4add264 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
Extension Modules
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+- Added functional.partial(). See PEP309.
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- Patch #1093585: raise a ValueError for negative history items in readline.
{remove_history,replace_history}