PolyFile v0.5.6

Performance Improvements

• Lazy loading throughout: Startup time significantly reduced by deferring heavy imports until first use:
  • PDF parser now lazily loads pdfminer only when parsing PDFs
  • NES parser lazily loads PIL/Pillow only when rendering CHR graphics
  • Kaitai parsers load on-demand per format instead of all at once
• Caching optimizations: descendants(), mimetypes(), and all_extensions() now return cached tuples instead of regenerating on each call

Bug Fixes

• PDF parser robustness: Fixed crashes on malformed PDF files:
  • Empty lists now return safe zero-length wrappers instead of raising ValueError
  • Malformed dictionary values are now logged and skipped rather than causing crashes
• Python 3.14 compatibility: Fixed forward reference handling for PEP 649 compliance

New Features

• Magic test strength scoring: Implemented libmagic-compatible test strength calculation for better match prioritization
• UTF-16 string support: Extended lestring16/bestring16 to support byte-length modifiers
• Endianness flip infrastructure: Added foundation for flipped endianness matching (partial implementation)

Magic Definitions

• Major update: Synced with upstream libmagic definitions
• New formats: Added detection for bgcode, creativeassembly, keyman, lauterbach, R language, sf3, syd, tapebackup, uxn, and more
• Expanded coverage: Significant additions to DOS/Windows (+1300 lines), archive (+500 lines), console (+500 lines), images (+680 lines), and Linux (+500 lines) format detection

Breaking Changes

• Python 3.9 no longer supported: Minimum Python version is now 3.10
• pdfminer.six version: Now requires version 20251230 or newer

Dependencies

• Added filelock>=3.20.3
• Added packaging>=21.0 (replacing deprecated pkg_resources)
• Updated pdfminer.six requirement to >=20251230