As discussed on python-dev, added two extractor functions to the
operator module.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ce9d779..8f1c1a1 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@
Extension modules
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+- The operator module has two new functions, attrgetter() and
+ itemgetter() which are useful for creating fast data extractor
+ functions for map(), list.sort(), itertools.groupby(), and
+ other functions that expect a function argument.
+
- socket.SHUT_{RD,WR,RDWR} was added.
- os.getsid was added.