allow __dir__ to return any sequence
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e2538fc..e13f72c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Loosen type restrictions on the __dir__ method. __dir__ can now return any
+  sequence, which will be converted to a list and sorted by dir().
+
 - Issue #12265: Make error messages produced by passing an invalid set of
   arguments to a function more informative.