From: Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 23:14:37 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: *** empty log message ***
X-Git-Tag: ttn-vms-21-2-B4~8363
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=76bf15e9a211a2427e32d1e89d3c0781c647fdcd;p=emacs.git

*** empty log message ***
---

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 18ef345398e..9fe373ce415 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1695,6 +1695,13 @@ configuration files.
 
 * 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.