v8.10.0

ModelingToolkit v8.10.0

Diff since v8.9.0

Closed issues:

• Feature Request: Option to define limits for parameters when using ModelingToolkit.jl (#1509)
• v8.9.0 breaks mixed types using varmap_to_vars (#1561)

Merged pull requests:

• add functions to handle inputs and outputs (#1322) (@baggepinnen)
• Optimization (#1554) (@YingboMa)
• Fix consistency checks (#1555) (@YingboMa)
• More robust error checking and better tests (#1556) (@YingboMa)
• optionally return col ordering in nullspace (#1558) (@isaacsas)
• Make sure that potential state variables are not eliminated by alias_elimination (#1559) (@YingboMa)
• add variable metadata (#1560) (@baggepinnen)
• Support array of arrays in varmap_to_vars (#1567) (@YingboMa)