Add news item for rev. 51815

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b7c69c184fbeabaa40e5cacfb956d17d9a2e33d9..48899bc7e73e1bb3ac59b14b0995748a7a967b1c 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ Extension Modules
   - iso2022_jp_3 and iso2022_jp_2004 codec can encode JIS X 0213:2
     codepoints now.
 
+- Bug #1552726: in readline.c, avoid repeatedly polling in interactive
+  mode by only placing a timeout on the select() if an input hook has
+  been defined.  This prevents an interactive Python from waking up 10
+  times per second.  Patch by Richard Boulton.
+
+
 Tests
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