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diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 18ef345398e3614e18cf9384ac3bf21487791e37..9fe373ce415e211c13bad6ed64068f29fb2e7bca 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1695,6 +1695,13 @@ configuration files.
 \f
 * Lisp Changes in Emacs 21.4
 
++++
+** `split-string' now includes null substrings in the returned list if
+the optional argument SEPARATORS is non-nil and there are matches for
+SEPARATORS at the beginning or end of the string.  If SEPARATORS is
+nil, or if the new optional third argument OMIT-NULLS is non-nil, all
+empty matches are omitted from the returned list.
+
 +++
 ** `makehash' is now obsolete.  Use `make-hash-table' instead.