add a NEWS entry

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 995c7c3b42478e0415771c49517acc401f2e7f3d..e330809fbcece259b57bc8e548a4b7e48ee49925 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.6 beta 3?
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #1819: function calls with several named parameters are now on
+  average 35% faster (as measured by pybench).
+
 - Issue #2378: An unexpected UnboundLocalError or NameError could appear when
   the python debugger steps into a class statement: the free variables (local
   variables defined in an outer scope) would be deleted from the outer scope.