Merge main into fix/workbook-metadata-part

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

docs/file-format-parity.md

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 # File-format parity
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-11 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-14 · **Change:** minor (XLSX dynamic-array formulas keep their `cm` metadata on save; previously trivial: XLSX chart sheets are kept on save (#727)) · **Target:** Microsoft Excel (Microsoft 365), Excel for Mac 16.113.4
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-11 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-14 · **Change:** trivial (formulas over Excel's 8,192 characters, and `%` or call chains past the nesting limit, are parse errors instead of stack overflows when a file is opened; previously trivial: XLSX chart sheets are kept on save (#727)) · **Target:** Microsoft Excel (Microsoft 365), Excel for Mac 16.113.4
 
 Every format Excel opens or saves, with GridCraft's read and write support, fidelity and tests.
 Part of [target-app-parity.md](target-app-parity.md). **File formats: ~50% ready, 80–120 h**
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ refresh. Counted under features (Get & Transform, ~10% ready), not here.
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-14 | trivial | Formula parser: text longer than Excel's 8,192 characters, and postfix chains (`1%%%…`, `f(1)(1)…`) past the 256-level nesting limit, are parse errors (the cell keeps its formula text and cached value) instead of trees deep enough to overflow the stack when a hostile file is opened, saved or dropped |
 | 2026-10-14 | minor | XLSX formulas read with dynamic-array metadata (`cm`) keep it on save, so Excel does not recalculate them with implicit intersection |
 | 2026-10-12 | trivial | XLSX chart sheets are kept on save (#727) |
 | 2026-10-12 | trivial | CSV and TSV export is capped at 512 MiB and refuses a larger used range with an error (#528) |

docs/function-parity.md

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 # Function parity: worksheet functions and formulas
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-11 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-12 · **Change:** minor (USDOLLAR added as a compatibility function; MIRR, COUNTIF and INDIRECT edge cases match Excel 365) · **Target:** Microsoft Excel (Microsoft 365), Excel for Mac 16.113.4
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-11 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (clearing large sparse ranges recalculates every changed cell's dependents, #1032) · **Target:** Microsoft Excel (Microsoft 365), Excel for Mac 16.113.4
 
 Excel's worksheet functions, category by category, against GridCraft's function library. Part of
 [target-app-parity.md](target-app-parity.md); gaps feed [gaps.md](gaps.md).
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 | Structured references (`Table1[Col]`, `[#Totals]`, `@`; the unbracketed `[[#This Row],Col]` some writers emit) | done |
 | Defined names (workbook and sheet scope), Create from Selection | done |
 | Dynamic arrays, spill, `#SPILL!`, spill operator `A1#` | done; stale-spill bugs (#133, #139; PRs #148, #157) |
+| Recalculation after clearing large sparse ranges | every stored cell changed by Clear is reported to recalculation, without a million-coordinate cutoff; removed formula spills are cleared, and removing empty merges still unblocks spills (#1032) |
 | Implicit intersection `@`, legacy CSE array formulas | done; legacy array range fill (PR #156) |
 | Trim references `A1:.E10` (trailing), `A1.:E10` (leading), `A1.:.E10` (both), also on whole rows/columns (`A:.A`) | done; evaluated as `TRIMRANGE(range, code, code)`, adjusted on insert/delete; files store `_xlfn.TRIMRANGE(range,code,code)` (Excel's own file spelling unconfirmed in public docs), `_xlfn._TRO_ALL/_TRO_LEADING/_TRO_TRAILING(...)` read too |
 | LET, LAMBDA, named LAMBDAs, ISOMITTED, MAP/REDUCE/SCAN/BYROW/BYCOL/MAKEARRAY | done |
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ workbooks; results checked in as data, not Excel files) and fixing what it finds
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-13 | minor | Clear reports changed stored cells sparsely, including those beyond the first million coordinates; dependent formulas and removed spills update, while clearing empty merges still unblocks spills (#1032) |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | USDOLLAR added as a Compatibility function (not on Microsoft's list, so the counts don't change); MIRR with no positive flow is -1, COUNTIF's bare `"<="` / `">="` skip empty strings, INDIRECT with `a1` = FALSE gives `#REF!` for A1-style text (#738) |
 | 2026-10-11 | minor | TEXT / number formats fixed against Excel-cached results: fraction literals and zero fractions, `0` denominators zero padded, `?` pads the thousands separator, booleans use the text section (226 mismatches → 0 in 352 TEXT cells) |
 | 2026-10-11 | minor | Iterative calculation: circular references iterate up to Maximum Iterations / Maximum Change when enabled |