libxlsxwriter: 0.7.9 to 0.8.0 compatibility report

Test Info

Library Name	libxlsxwriter
Version #1	0.7.9
Version #2	0.8.0
Arch	x86_64
GCC Version	7
Subject	Binary Compatibility

Test Results

Total Header Files	24
Total Libraries	1
Total Symbols / Types	366 / 234
Compatibility	82.8%

Problem Summary

	Severity	Count
Added Symbols	-	16
Removed Symbols	High	1
Problems with Data Types	High	0
	Medium	6
	Low	3
Problems with Symbols	High	0
	Medium	1
	Low	0
Problems with Constants	Low	0

Added Symbols 16

chartsheet.h, libxlsxwriter.so
chartsheet_activate ( lxw_chartsheet* chartsheet )
chartsheet_hide ( lxw_chartsheet* chartsheet )
chartsheet_select ( lxw_chartsheet* chartsheet )
chartsheet_set_chart ( lxw_chartsheet* chartsheet, lxw_chart* chart )
chartsheet_set_chart_opt ( lxw_chartsheet* chartsheet, lxw_chart* chart, lxw_image_options* user_options )
chartsheet_set_first_sheet ( lxw_chartsheet* chartsheet )
lxw_chartsheet_assemble_xml_file ( lxw_chartsheet* self )
lxw_chartsheet_free ( lxw_chartsheet* chartsheet )
lxw_chartsheet_new ( )

content_types.h, libxlsxwriter.so
lxw_ct_add_chartsheet_name ( lxw_content_types* content_types, char const* name )

workbook.h, libxlsxwriter.so
workbook_add_chartsheet ( lxw_workbook* workbook, char const* sheetname )
workbook_get_chartsheet_by_name ( lxw_workbook* workbook, char const* name )
workbook_validate_sheet_name ( lxw_workbook* workbook, char const* sheetname )

worksheet.h, libxlsxwriter.so
lxw_worksheet_write_drawings ( lxw_worksheet* worksheet )
lxw_worksheet_write_page_margins ( lxw_worksheet* worksheet )
lxw_worksheet_write_sheet_views ( lxw_worksheet* worksheet )

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Removed Symbols 1

workbook.h, libxlsxwriter.so
workbook_validate_worksheet_name ( lxw_workbook* workbook, char const* sheetname )

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Problems with Data Types, Medium Severity 6

	Change	Effect
1	Field is_chartsheet has been added at the middle position of this structural type.	1) Size of the inclusive type has been changed. 2) Layout of structure fields has been changed and therefore fields at higher positions of the structure definition may be incorrectly accessed by applications.

chart.h
[+] struct lxw_chart 1

workbook.h
[+] struct lxw_workbook 5

	Change	Effect
1	Field chartsheet_names has been added at the middle position of this structural type.	1) Size of the inclusive type has been changed. 2) Layout of structure fields has been changed and therefore fields at higher positions of the structure definition may be incorrectly accessed by applications.
2	Field chartsheets has been added at the middle position of this structural type.	1) Size of the inclusive type has been changed. 2) Layout of structure fields has been changed and therefore fields at higher positions of the structure definition may be incorrectly accessed by applications.
3	Field num_chartsheets has been added at the middle position of this structural type.	1) Size of the inclusive type has been changed. 2) Layout of structure fields has been changed and therefore fields at higher positions of the structure definition may be incorrectly accessed by applications.
4	Field num_worksheets has been added at the middle position of this structural type.	1) Size of the inclusive type has been changed. 2) Layout of structure fields has been changed and therefore fields at higher positions of the structure definition may be incorrectly accessed by applications.
5	Field sheets has been added at the middle position of this structural type.	1) Size of the inclusive type has been changed. 2) Layout of structure fields has been changed and therefore fields at higher positions of the structure definition may be incorrectly accessed by applications.

[+] affected symbols: 22 (6%)

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Problems with Symbols, Medium Severity 1

	Change	Effect
1	Parameter is_chartsheet of type uint8_t has been added to the calling stack.	This parameter will not be initialized by old clients.

worksheet.h, libxlsxwriter.so
[+] lxw_worksheet_prepare_chart ( lxw_worksheet* worksheet, uint16_t chart_ref_id, uint16_t drawing_id, lxw_image_options* image_data ) 1

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Problems with Data Types, Low Severity 3

	Change	Effect
1	Size of this type has been changed from 376 bytes to 384 bytes.	The fields or parameters of such data type may be incorrectly initialized or accessed by old client applications.

	Change	Effect
1	Field orientation has been added to this type.	This field will not be initialized by old clients. NOTE: this field should be accessed only from the new library functions, otherwise it may result in crash or incorrect behavior of applications.

	Change	Effect
1	Size of this type has been changed from 136 bytes to 168 bytes.	The fields or parameters of such data type may be incorrectly initialized or accessed by old client applications.

chart.h
[+] struct lxw_chart 1

drawing.h
[+] struct lxw_drawing 1

workbook.h
[+] struct lxw_workbook 1

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Header Files 24

app.h
chart.h
common.h
content_types.h
core.h
custom.h
drawing.h
format.h
hash_table.h
ioapi.h
packager.h
queue.h
relationships.h
shared_strings.h
styles.h
theme.h
tmpfileplus.h
tree.h
utility.h
workbook.h
worksheet.h
xlsxwriter.h
xmlwriter.h
zip.h

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Libraries 1

libxlsxwriter.so

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Test Info

Library Name	libxlsxwriter
Version #1	0.7.9
Version #2	0.8.0
Arch	x86_64
Subject	Source Compatibility

Test Results

Total Header Files	24
Total Libraries	1
Total Symbols / Types	793 / 314
Compatibility	99.8%

Problem Summary

	Severity	Count
Added Symbols	-	16
Removed Symbols	High	1
Problems with Data Types	High	0
	Medium	0
	Low	7
Problems with Symbols	High	0
	Medium	1
	Low	0
Problems with Constants	Low	1

Added Symbols 16

chartsheet.h
chartsheet_activate ( lxw_chartsheet* chartsheet )
chartsheet_hide ( lxw_chartsheet* chartsheet )
chartsheet_select ( lxw_chartsheet* chartsheet )
chartsheet_set_chart ( lxw_chartsheet* chartsheet, lxw_chart* chart )
chartsheet_set_chart_opt ( lxw_chartsheet* chartsheet, lxw_chart* chart, lxw_image_options* user_options )
chartsheet_set_first_sheet ( lxw_chartsheet* chartsheet )
lxw_chartsheet_assemble_xml_file ( lxw_chartsheet* self )
lxw_chartsheet_free ( lxw_chartsheet* chartsheet )
lxw_chartsheet_new ( )

content_types.h
lxw_ct_add_chartsheet_name ( lxw_content_types* content_types, char const* name )

workbook.h
workbook_add_chartsheet ( lxw_workbook* workbook, char const* sheetname )
workbook_get_chartsheet_by_name ( lxw_workbook* workbook, char const* name )
workbook_validate_sheet_name ( lxw_workbook* workbook, char const* sheetname )

worksheet.h
lxw_worksheet_write_drawings ( lxw_worksheet* worksheet )
lxw_worksheet_write_page_margins ( lxw_worksheet* worksheet )
lxw_worksheet_write_sheet_views ( lxw_worksheet* worksheet )

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Removed Symbols 1

workbook.h
workbook_validate_worksheet_name ( lxw_workbook* workbook, char const* sheetname )

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Problems with Symbols, Medium Severity 1

	Change	Effect
1	Parameter is_chartsheet of type uint8_t has been added to the calling stack.	Recompilation of a client program may be broken.

worksheet.h
[+] lxw_worksheet_prepare_chart ( lxw_worksheet* worksheet, uint16_t chart_ref_id, uint16_t drawing_id, lxw_image_options* image_data ) 1

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Problems with Data Types, Low Severity 7

	Change	Effect
1	Field is_chartsheet has been added to this type.	This field will not be initialized or used by old client applications.

	Change	Effect
1	Field orientation has been added to this type.	This field will not be initialized or used by old client applications.

chart.h
[+] struct lxw_chart 1

drawing.h
[+] struct lxw_drawing 1

workbook.h
[+] struct lxw_workbook 5

	Change	Effect
1	Field chartsheet_names has been added to this type.	This field will not be initialized or used by old client applications.
2	Field chartsheets has been added to this type.	This field will not be initialized or used by old client applications.
3	Field num_chartsheets has been added to this type.	This field will not be initialized or used by old client applications.
4	Field num_worksheets has been added to this type.	This field will not be initialized or used by old client applications.
5	Field sheets has been added to this type.	This field will not be initialized or used by old client applications.

[+] affected symbols: 22 (2.8%)

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Problems with Constants, Low Severity 1

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant LXW_VERSION has been changed from "0.7.9" to "0.8.0".	Recompilation of a client program may be broken.

xlsxwriter.h
[+] LXW_VERSION

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Header Files 24

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Libraries 1

libxlsxwriter.so

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API compatibility report for the libxlsxwriter library between 0.7.9 and 0.8.0 versions on x86_64

Test Info

Test Results

Problem Summary

Added Symbols 16

Removed Symbols 1

Problems with Data Types, Medium Severity 6

Problems with Symbols, Medium Severity 1

Problems with Data Types, Low Severity 3

Header Files 24

Libraries 1

Test Info

Test Results

Problem Summary

Added Symbols 16

Removed Symbols 1

Problems with Symbols, Medium Severity 1

Problems with Data Types, Low Severity 7

Problems with Constants, Low Severity 1

Header Files 24

Libraries 1