pandas does not use np.ma internally.
On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 12:56 PM Lev Maximov <lev.maxi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 12:45 AM Eric Firing <efir...@hawaii.edu> wrote:
>
>> On 2021/12/27 10:09 PM, Lev Maximov wrote:
>> > Btw, does it make sense to include the masked arrays? I know Pandas
>> uses
>> > something
>> > like a masked array for representing null values in the integer
>> columns.
>> > Does anyone use
>> > NumPy masked arrays nowadays?
>> >
>>
>> Yes, numpy masked arrays are very much in use, but a masked array is a
>> subclass of ndarray, not a different data type.
>
> In pandas it is a different data type ('Int64' vs 'int64'), so it makes
> perfect sense for me to mention
> it in this article provided I missed it in the main Numpy Illustrated one.
> I didn't have a chance to use
> them on my own and I've heard from some people that they don't use
> the masked array, for some
> reason, too. Do you know if Pandas uses ma internally or they have their
> own implementation?
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Lev
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