Added optional None arguments to itertools.islice().
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 235c257..95b9d2c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
+- itertools.islice() now accepts None for the start and step arguments.
+  This allows islice() to work more readily with slices:
+      islice(s.start, s.stop, s.step)
+
 
 Library
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