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@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ New library functions
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 * `logrange(start, stop; length)` makes a range of constant ratio, instead of constant step ([#39071])
+* `readdirx` for returning directory contents along with the type of the entries in a vector of new `FileKind`
+  objects ([#53377])
 
 New library features
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