All,
I would like some advice on the naming of an Excel 2007 reader package.
The goal is to mirror the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel API as closely as
possible using XML::LibXML as the XML reader. A review of the currently
existing packages on CPAN that I could find shows the following differences
from what I propose;
Spreadsheet::XLSX - this is the one I use currently
parses the XML on it's own
Access to the data and formats are through a hash table rather than
using methods
SimpleXlsx - This is built on XML::Simple
Not much in the way of an API
Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX - Shiny new XLSX parser
Better adherence to the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel API
Built on XML::Twig
Excel::Reader::XLSX - Github repo only
Built on XML::LibXML
Incomplete implementation of the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel API
Listed as no current support
I may have missed something on CPAN but as far as I can tell all the other
XLSX format spreadsheet readers in CPAN are built one of the first three.
My current working (proposed) name is: Spreadsheet::XLSX::Reader. Any
naming advice is welcome.
Best Regards,
Jed
