lib/axlsx/workbook/worksheet/col.rb in axlsx-1.3.4 vs lib/axlsx/workbook/worksheet/col.rb in axlsx-1.3.5

@@ -102,11 +102,16 @@
       @style = v
     end
 
    # @see Col#width
     def width=(v)
-      Axlsx.validate_unsigned_numeric(v) unless v == nil
+      # Removing this validation make a 10% difference in performance
+      # as it is called EVERY TIME A CELL IS ADDED - the proper solution
+      # is to only set this if a calculated value is greated than the
+      # current @width value.
+      # TODO!!!
+      #Axlsx.validate_unsigned_numeric(v) unless v == nil
       @custom_width = @best_fit = v != nil
       @width = v
     end
 
     # updates the width for this col based on the cells autowidth and 
@@ -118,10 +123,12 @@
     # autowidth value will be ignored.
     def update_width(cell, fixed_width=nil, use_autowidth=true)
        if fixed_width.is_a? Numeric
          self.width = fixed_width
        elsif use_autowidth
-        self.width = [width || 0, cell.autowidth || 0].max
+         cell_width = cell.autowidth
+         self.width = cell_width unless (width || 0) > (cell_width || 0)
+         #self.width = [width || 0, cell.autowidth || 0].max
        end 
     end 
 
     # Serialize this columns data to an xml string
     # @param [String] str