From 641761fb7ada738fc8c58a35d3a50e637c67d956 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tomasz Kalinowski <kalinowskit@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:32:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add NEWS

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 NEWS.md | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 7d7ba883..daa85688 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
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@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 # reticulate (development version)
 
+- Fixed error when converting an empty NumPy char array to R (#1662).
+
 - Fixed error when using reticulate with radian (#1668, #1670).
 
 - Fixed segfault encountered when running Python finalizer (#1663, #1664)
 
-- Fixed segfault encountered in RStudio when rapidly switching 
+- Fixed segfault encountered in RStudio when rapidly switching
   between R and Python chunks in a Quarto document (#1665).
 
 # reticulate 1.39.0