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@RexBytes RexBytes released this 19 Jun 15:16
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xldetect 1.0.1

A bug-fix release. No API changes and no new features — xldetect still does
exactly what 1.0.0 did, but four defects surfaced by a competitive multi-model
review were fixed, each with a regression test. Drop-in upgrade from 1.0.0.

Fixes

  • Malformed-workbook errors no longer escape as a traceback. A zip-shaped
    file that is not a real .xlsx — a plain .zip renamed to .xlsx (no
    [Content_Types].xml), or a corrupt/truncated Office file — now raises a clean
    ValueError from inspect_path()/load_grids() and exits the CLI with the
    usual xldetect: error: … message instead of an uncaught KeyError /
    ParseError.
  • A first data row with a blank optional column is no longer mistaken for a
    header.
    Header detection treated a blank candidate cell over a populated
    column as "type-distinct", so an ordinary record whose optional numeric/date
    field was empty could be swallowed as a second header row — losing that row and
    taking the headers from it. Stacked-header detection now requires both the
    candidate and the body cell to be populated before comparing them.
  • --header-threshold validates like the other options. An out-of-range or
    non-numeric value is now a usage error (exit code 2), matching
    --min-blank-rows, instead of surfacing as a runtime error (exit code 1).
  • Docstring corrections for the decorative-trim and confidence-degeneracy
    behaviours (no behavioural change).

Upgrade

pip install --upgrade xldetect

Requires Python 3.11+. Runtime dependency: openpyxl>=3.1.

Quality

This release was put through a four-round competitive multi-model review
(opus, sonnet, haiku on the same brief each round; see CONTRIBUTING.md and
REVIEW_HISTORY.md):

  • Panels 1–2 found and fixed the four defects above (2 MEDIUM, 2 LOW). Every one
    was a singleton — found by a single model and missed by the other two — which
    is the case for running diverse reviewers rather than one.
  • Panels 3–4 came back clean at full diversity, satisfying the release rule (all
    gates green, RRS ≥ 90, two consecutive full-diversity clean panels).
  • scripts/readiness.py: gates green, RRS 94.3/100, convergence confidence
    0.86 → RELEASABLE.

151 tests (truth-table corners, threshold pinning, Hypothesis property
tests, golden CLI files, and a live xlfilldown round-trip), 99% coverage;
ruff + mypy clean. CI runs on Python 3.11 and 3.12 across an openpyxl
version matrix.

Full API, scope, and design rationale: see README.md, SKILL.md, and
LIMITATIONS.md. Review trajectory: see REVIEW_HISTORY.md.