Issue 12647: Add __bool__() method to the None object.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1bcfb55..083b68c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
- Verify the types of AST strings and identifiers provided by the user before
compiling them.
+- Issue #12647: The None object now has a __bool__() method that returns False.
+ Formerly, bool(None) returned False only because of special case logic
+ in PyObject_IsTrue().
+
- Issue #12579: str.format_map() now raises a ValueError if used on a
format string that contains positional fields. Initial patch by
Julian Berman.