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commit 9b3818991f838c0b3136edee2d654d0ebe05a296
Author:     Peter Bex <peter@more-magic.net>
AuthorDate: Fri Oct 30 21:30:08 2015 +0100
Commit:     Peter Bex <peter@more-magic.net>
CommitDate: Fri Oct 30 21:30:08 2015 +0100

    Update NEWS with fix for #1214

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4cd6a9e3..4527b448 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 - Runtime system:
   - Compiled programs with large literals won't crash on startup (#1221).
 
+- Compiler:
+  - Specializations on implicit "or" types like "number" or "boolean" now
+     work, removing the requirement for the inferred types to match
+     declared types exactly.  Specializations are matched from first to
+     last to resolve ambiguities (#1214).
+
 4.10.1
 
 - Core libraries
Trap