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@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ PHP 4.0                                                                    NEWS
 
 ?? ?? 1999, Version 4.0 Beta 3
 
+- Added support for forcing a variable number of internal function arguments
+  by reference. (Andi & Zeev, Zend library)
 - Implemented getprotoby{name,number} (Evan)
 - Added array_pad() function. (Andrei)
 - Added new getservby{name,port} functions. (Evan)