Extended tuple's C API to include a new function, PyTuple_Pack() that is
useful for rapidly building argument tuples without having to invoke the
more sophisticated machinery of Py_BuildValue().
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0ee896d..eb57e68 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@
 C API
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+- Added a new function, PyTuple_Pack(n, ...) for constructing tuples from a
+  variable length argument list of Python objects without having to invoke
+  the more complex machinery of Py_BuildValue().  PyTuple_Pack(3, a, b, c)
+  is equivalent to Py_BuildValue("(OOO)", a, b, c).
+
 New platforms
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