Change of intern-soft.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 8a1714d61d7..fc6341a5b8e 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -626,6 +626,10 @@ Note that +++ before an item means the Lisp manual has been updated.
 When you add a new item, please add it without either +++ or ---
 so I will know I still need to look at it -- rms.
 
+** The function `intern-soft' now accepts a symbol as first argument.
+In this case, that exact symbol is looked up in the specified obarray,
+and the function's value is nil if it is not found.
+
 ** The new macro `with-syntax-table' can be used to evaluate forms
 with the syntax table of the current buffer temporarily set to a
 specified table.