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Deprecation Warnings under julia1.12 #412

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@KlausC

Occacionally I saw this when using @benchmark:

julia> using BenchmarkTools

julia> @benchmark sleep(0.000)
BenchmarkTools.Trial: 10000 samples with 10 evaluations per sample.
 Range (min … max):  1.579 μs …  11.272 μs  ┊ GC (min … max): 0.00% … 0.00%
 Time  (median):     1.858 μs               ┊ GC (median):    0.00%
 Time  (mean ± σ):   2.013 μs ± 483.743 ns  ┊ GC (mean ± σ):  0.00% ± 0.00%

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  ██████████████████████████████████████▇▇█▇▆▇▆▆▆▆▅▆▅▅▆▆▄▅▅▅▆ █
  1.58 μs      Histogram: log(frequency) by time      3.86 μs <

 Memory estimate: 112 bytes, allocs estimate: 3.

julia> WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.@ballocated` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.@ballocations` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.@belapsed` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.@benchmark` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.@benchmarkable` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.@benchmarkset` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.@bprofile` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.@btime` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.@btimed` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.@case` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.@tagged` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.BenchmarkGroup` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.addgroup!` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.allocs` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.clear_empty!` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.gctime` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.improvements` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.invariants` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.isimprovement` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.isinvariant` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.isregression` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.judge` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.loadparams!` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.memory` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.params` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.ratio` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.regressions` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.rmskew` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.rmskew!` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.trim` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.tune!` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
WARNING: Detected access to binding `BenchmarkTools.warmup` in a world prior to its definition world.
  Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
  !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
  !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
julia> 
julia> BenchmarkTools.VERSIONS
Dict{String, Any} with 2 entries:
  "Julia"          => "1.12.5"
  "BenchmarkTools" => v"1.6.3"

julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.12.5
Commit 5fe89b8ddc1 (2026-02-09 16:05 UTC)
Build Info:
  Official https://julialang.org release
Platform Info:
  OS: Linux (x86_64-linux-gnu)
  CPU: 12 × Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10710U CPU @ 1.10GHz
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LLVM: libLLVM-18.1.7 (ORCJIT, skylake)
  GC: Built with stock GC
Threads: 6 default, 1 interactive, 6 GC (on 1 virtual cores)
Environment:
  JULIA_CPU_THREADS = 1
  JULIA_EDITOR = code
  JULIA_NUM_THREADS = 6
  LD_LIBRARY_PATH = /usr/local/intel/compilers_and_libraries_2020.1.217/linux/mkl/lib/intel64:/usr/local/lib:
  JULIA_VSCODE_REPL = 1

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