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BUG: pd.factorize should not upconvert unique values unnecessarily #41132
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elif is_float_dtype(values): | ||
return ensure_float64(values), np.dtype("float64") | ||
dtype = getattr(values, "dtype", np.dtype("float64")) | ||
return ensure_float64(values), dtype |
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i think this code was written before we had non-64 hashtables. i expect a lot of this casting can now be avoided
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Probably yeah, and if we can avoid them, it'll speed some things up nicely.
But that's for a different PR? I got a feeling there's a lot of detail hidden in that change.
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fair enough
thanks @topper-123 |
The uniques returned from
pd.factorize
should keep their original dtype, where possible.