* NEWS: Add entry for Python gdb.Type mapping methods.

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-10-04  Paul Koning  <paul_koning@dell.com>
+
+       * NEWS: Add entry for Python gdb.Type mapping methods.
+
 2011-10-04  Kevin Pouget  <kevin.pouget@st.com>
 
        PR python/12691: Add the inferior to Python exited event

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
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   ** The "gdb.breakpoint" function has been deprecated in favor of
      "gdb.breakpoints".
 
+  ** Type objects for struct and union types now allow access to
+     the fields using standard Python dictionary (mapping) methods.
+     For example, "some_type['myfield']" now works, as does
+     "some_type.items()".
+
 * libthread-db-search-path now supports two special values: $sdir and $pdir.
   $sdir specifies the default system locations of shared libraries.
   $pdir specifies the directory where the libpthread used by the application