Created PyObject_GenericGetIter().
Factors out the common case of returning self.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0158c0f..eda988c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@
 C API
 -----
 
+- Added PyObject_GenericGetIter() to fill the tp_iter slot for the
+  typical case where the method returns its self argument.
+
 - The extended type structure used for heap types (new-style
   classes defined by Python code using a class statement) is now
   exported from object.h as PyHeapTypeObject.  (SF patch #696193.)