DOC: Add change in .values to the string migration guide #62179
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| @@ -315,6 +315,37 @@ the :meth:`~pandas.Series.str.decode` method now has a ``dtype`` parameter to be | |||
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| :meth:`Series.values` now returns an :class:`~pandas.api.extensions.ExtensionArray` | |||
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should we be more specific that this is a StringArray?
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[Pushes up glasses from nose] That is only true when not backed by PyArrow. With PyArrow, it's technically a subclass of BaseStringArray but not StringArray.
But being less technical, I tend to think of it as "ndarray vs ExtensionArray", knowing that the extension arrays specialize corresponding to dtypes. So I personally think this is okay.
No objection to changing though if you prefer StringArray or BaseStringArray.
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small comment, otherwise LGTM |
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thanks @rhshadrach |
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.valuesfor Series with the future string dtype (numpy array vs extension array) #60301 (Replace xxxx with the GitHub issue number)doc/source/whatsnew/vX.X.X.rstfile if fixing a bug or adding a new feature.