make hashes always the size of pointers; introduce Py_hash_t #9778
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 6ee769c..fa3725a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@
 
 - The Unicode database was updated to 6.0.0.
 
+C-API
+-----
+
+- Issue #9778: Hash values are now always the size of pointers. A new Py_hash_t
+  type has been introduced.
+
 Tools/Demos
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