From d2e2a9b8588ae1c6072354f7ca06c0b872403a37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simeon Schaub <simeondavidschaub99@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 21:49:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add NEWS entry

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

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index d994c3d2f17fc..de8a441629f6d 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ Julia v1.7 Release Notes
 New language features
 ---------------------
 
+* `(; a, b) = x` can now be used to destructure properties `a` and `b` of `x`. This syntax is equivalent to `a = getproperty(x, :a)`
+  and similarly for `b`. ([#39285])
+
 Language changes
 ----------------