implemented optional pragma for implicit discard

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/web/news.txt b/web/news.txt
index 462133d24..a531f0334 100755
--- a/web/news.txt
+++ b/web/news.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ Language Additions
 - Return types may be of the type ``var T`` to return an l-value.
 - The error pragma can now be used to mark symbols whose *usage* should trigger
   a compile-time error.
+- There is a new ``optional`` pragma that can be used to mark a routine so that
+  its result can be discarded implicitely.
 
 
 Compiler Additions