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@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ XXX Release date: DD-MMM-2002 XXX
 Type/class unification and new-style classes
 
 Core and builtins
+- The public Python C API will generally be declared using PyAPI_FUNC 
+   and PyAPI_DATA macros, while Python extension module init functions
+   will be declared with PyMODINIT_FUNC.  DL_EXPORT/DL_IMPORT macros
+   are deprecated.
 
 - Ctrl+C handling on Windows has been made more consistent with
   other platforms.  KeyboardInterrupt can now reliably be caught,