Version 3.9.0, 2023-05-21

What's Changed

New Features (ENH)

• Simplify metadata input (Document Information Dictionary) (#1851) by @pubpub-zz
• Extend cmap compatibilty to GBK_EUC_H/V (#1812) by @pubpub-zz

Bug Fixes (BUG)

• Prevent infinite loop when no character follows after a comment (#1828) by @exiledkingcc
• get_contents does not return ContentStream (#1847) by @pubpub-zz
• Accept XYZ destination with zoom missing (default to zoom=0.0) (#1844) by @pubpub-zz
• Cope with 1 Bit images (#1815) by @pubpub-zz

Robustness (ROB)

• Handle missing /Type entry in Page tree (#1845) by @pubpub-zz

Documentation (DOC)

• Expand file size explanations (#1835) by @DIvkov575
• Add comparison with pdfplumber (#1837) by @RitchieP

Maintenance (MAINT)

• Add R parameter to generate_values (#1820) by @exiledkingcc
• Prepare for adding AES enryption support (#1818) by @exiledkingcc

Code Style (STY):

• Iterate directly over the list instead of using range (#1839) by @jsonn

Full Changelog

New Contributors

• @RitchieP made their first contribution in #1837
• @jsonn made their first contribution in #1839
• @DIvkov575 made their first contribution in #1835

Full Changelog: 3.8.1...3.9.0