The document discusses changes and new features in Drupal 7 related to APIs, database queries, and file handling. Key points include:
- Database queries are now built using query objects that support features like placeholders, joins, conditions, and multiple inserts.
- Files are now first-class entities with a files table, managed and unmanaged file types, and stream wrappers for various locations.
- Functions like db_query, db_insert and file_load were updated, and new APIs allow altering queries and copying/deleting files.