add news/docs for JuliaLang#34524: 2-arg splice! on arbitrary index i…

…terables (JuliaLang#34897)

NEWS.md

@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ New library features
 * `isapprox` (or `≈`) now has a one-argument "curried" method `isapprox(x)` which returns a function, like `isequal` (or `==`)` ([#32305]).
 * `Ref{NTuple{N,T}}` can be passed to `Ptr{T}`/`Ref{T}` `ccall` signatures ([#34199])
 * `accumulate`, `cumsum`, and `cumprod` now support `Tuple` ([#34654]).
-
+* In `splice!` with no replacement, values to be removed can now be specified with an
+  arbitrary iterable (instead of a `UnitRange`) ([#34524]).
 
 Standard library changes
 ------------------------

base/array.jl

@@ -1393,17 +1393,20 @@ function splice!(a::Vector, i::Integer, ins=_default_splice)
 end
 
 """
-    splice!(a::Vector, range, [replacement]) -> items
+    splice!(a::Vector, indices, [replacement]) -> items
 
-Remove items in the specified index range, and return a collection containing
+Remove items at specified indices, and return a collection containing
 the removed items.
-Subsequent items are shifted left to fill the resulting gap.
+Subsequent items are shifted left to fill the resulting gaps.
 If specified, replacement values from an ordered collection will be spliced in
-place of the removed items.
+place of the removed items; in this case, `indices` must be a `UnitRange`.
 
 To insert `replacement` before an index `n` without removing any items, use
 `splice!(collection, n:n-1, replacement)`.
 
+!!! compat "Julia 1.5"
+    Prior to Julia 1.5, `indices` must always be a `UnitRange`.
+
 # Examples
 ```jldoctest
 julia> A = [-1, -2, -3, 5, 4, 3, -1]; splice!(A, 4:3, 2)