Julia v1.7 Release Notes
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New language features
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Language changes
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Compiler/Runtime improvements
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Command-line option changes
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Multi-threading changes
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Build system changes
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New library functions
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* Two argument methods `findmax(f, domain)`, `argmax(f, domain)` and the corresponding `min` versions ([#27613]).
* `isunordered(x)` returns true if `x` is value that is normally unordered, such as `NaN` or `missing`.
* New macro `Base.@invokelatest f(args...; kwargs...)` provides a convenient way to call `Base.invokelatest(f, args...; kwargs...)` ([#37971])
* New macro `Base.@invoke f(arg1::T1, arg2::T2; kwargs...)` provides an easier syntax to call `invoke(f, Tuple{T1,T2}; kwargs...)` ([#38438])

New library features
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Standard library changes
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* `count` and `findall` now accept an `AbstractChar` argument to search for a character in a string ([#38675]).
* `islowercase` and `isuppercase` are now compliant with the Unicode lower/uppercase categories ([#38574]).
* `iseven` and `isodd` functions now support non-`Integer` numeric types ([#38976]).
* `escape_string` can now receive a collection of characters in the keyword
  `keep` that are to be kept as they are. ([#38597]).

#### Package Manager


#### LinearAlgebra


#### Markdown


#### Printf


#### Random


#### REPL


#### SparseArrays


#### Dates


#### Statistics


#### Sockets


#### Distributed


#### UUIDs


#### Mmap


Deprecated or removed
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External dependencies
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Tooling Improvements
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