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  r67326 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-11-22 02:59:15 +0100 (Sat, 22 Nov 2008) | 1 line

  backport r67325: make FileIO.mode always contain 'b'
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  r67498 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-12-03 16:42:10 +0100 (Wed, 03 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  Backport r67478
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  r67531 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-04 19:54:05 +0100 (Thu, 04 Dec 2008) | 2 lines

  Add reference to enumerate() to indices example.
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  r67532 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-04 19:59:16 +0100 (Thu, 04 Dec 2008) | 2 lines

  Add another heapq example.
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  r67538 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-04 22:28:16 +0100 (Thu, 04 Dec 2008) | 2 lines

  Clarification to avoid confusing output with file descriptors.
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  r67553 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-05 08:49:49 +0100 (Fri, 05 Dec 2008) | 2 lines

  #4408: document regex.groups.
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  r67554 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-05 08:52:26 +0100 (Fri, 05 Dec 2008) | 2 lines

  #4409: fix asterisks looking like footnotes.
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  r67556 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-05 09:02:17 +0100 (Fri, 05 Dec 2008) | 2 lines

  #4441: improve doc for os.open() flags.
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  r67557 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-05 09:06:57 +0100 (Fri, 05 Dec 2008) | 2 lines

  Add an index entry for "subclassing immutable types".
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index af50cf7..876abc8 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -17,9 +17,14 @@
   kept open but the file object behaves like a closed file. The ``FileIO``
   object also got a new readonly attribute ``closefd``.
 
+- Issue #3689: The list reversed iterator now supports __length_hint__
+  instead of __len__.  Behavior now matches other reversed iterators.
+
 Library
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+- FileIO's mode attribute now always includes ``"b"``.
+
 
 What's New in Python 2.6.1
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