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participant DataFrame as DataFrame.group_by
participant GroupBy
participant CompliantDataFrame
participant BackendGroupBy
DataFrame->>GroupBy: forward maintain_order
GroupBy->>CompliantDataFrame: call group_by with maintain_order
CompliantDataFrame->>BackendGroupBy: initialize backend grouping
BackendGroupBy-->>DataFrame: return groups in first-appearance order
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Review comments at @src/narwhals/_pandas_like/group_by.py:
- Around line 318-319: Update the ordering logic in the aggregation flow around
`_restore_order` so ordered aggregations also restore first-appearance group
order when `order_by` is absent. Record and use original row positions for these
aggregations, while preserving the existing `order_by` behavior.
- Around line 275-279: Update PandasLikeGroupBy.__iter__ to preserve
first-appearance order for ordered categorical keys on pandas versions before
2.0 when maintain_order is enabled. Attach the existing temporary row index
before grouping, then order yielded groups by their minimum row index; leave
iteration unchanged for other pandas versions and cases.
Review comments at @tests/frame/group_by_test.py:
- Around line 825-830: Update the xfail condition applied through
request.applymarker so the PyArrow version check applies only to the first and
last aggregation cases; leave sum, len, and multi-output mean cases unmarked.
Use the existing case or aggregation identifiers in the surrounding test to
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| self._row_index = ( | ||
| generate_temporary_column_name(n_bytes=8, columns=self.compliant.columns) | ||
| if maintain_order | ||
| else None | ||
| ) |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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🌐 Web query:
site:pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/version/1.5.3/reference/api/pandas.DataFrame.groupby.html sort=False ordered categorical group order first appearance category order
💡 Result:
For **pandas 1.5.3**, `sort=False` means group keys are **not sorted**; ordinary group keys then appear in first-appearance order. The docs also say row order within each group is preserved. ([pandas.pydata.org](https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/version/1.5/reference/api/pandas.DataFrame.groupby.html?utm_source=openai))
But the 1.5.3 API page does **not** clarify how `sort=False` interacts with an **ordered categorical** grouper. The explicit note that `sort=False` stops sorting ordered categorical values was added in **pandas 2.0.0**, so don’t assume that newer behavior applies to 1.5.3. ([pandas.pydata.org](https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/version/2.1/reference/api/pandas.DataFrame.groupby.html?utm_source=openai))
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- 1: https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/version/1.5/reference/api/pandas.DataFrame.groupby.html?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/version/2.1/reference/api/pandas.DataFrame.groupby.html?utm_source=openai
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Restore first-appearance order for categorical iteration.
When maintain_order=True on pandas versions before 2.0, groupby(sort=False) can order an ordered categorical key by category order. For ["b", "a", "b"] with categories ["a", "b"], PandasLikeGroupBy.__iter__ can therefore yield "a" before "b". The iterator groups the native frame directly and does not use the temporary row index. Attach that index before grouping, then order the yielded groups by its minimum position on these pandas versions.
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def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[tuple[Any, PandasLikeDataFrame]]:
- grouped = self._native.groupby(self._keys.copy(), **self._group_by_kwargs)
+ impl = self.compliant._implementation
+ row_index = self._row_index
+ is_legacy_pandas = (
+ impl.is_pandas() and impl._backend_version() < (2, 0)
+ )
+ native = self._native
+ if row_index is not None and is_legacy_pandas:
+ native = (
+ self.compliant._with_native(native, validate_column_names=False)
+ .with_row_index(row_index, order_by=None)
+ .native
+ )
+ grouped = native.groupby(self._keys.copy(), **self._group_by_kwargs)
with warnings.catch_warnings():
warnings.filterwarnings(
"ignore",
message=".*a length 1 tuple will be returned",
category=FutureWarning,
)
with_native = self.compliant._with_native
- for key, group in grouped:
+ groups: Iterable[tuple[Any, pd.DataFrame]]
+ if row_index is not None and is_legacy_pandas:
+ groups = sorted(
+ grouped, key=lambda item: item[1][row_index].min()
+ )
+ else:
+ groups = grouped
+ for key, group in groups:
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Review comment at @src/narwhals/_pandas_like/group_by.py around lines 275 - 279:
Update PandasLikeGroupBy.__iter__ to preserve first-appearance order for ordered
categorical keys on pandas versions before 2.0 when maintain_order is enabled.
Attach the existing temporary row index before grouping, then order yielded
groups by their minimum row index; leave iteration unchanged for other pandas
versions and cases.
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| if order_by and self._row_index is not None: | ||
| result = self._restore_order(result, grouped, self._row_index) |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Restore group order when order_by is absent.
With maintain_order=True, agg(nw.col("b").last()) can still return groups in last-row order. For example, keys ["a", "b", "b", "a"] select the last "b" row before the last "a" row. Pandas treats the underlying nth(-1) call as a filtration, so sort=False does not correct that order. Record the original row positions and restore first-appearance order for ordered aggregations without order_by too. (pandas.pydata.org)
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Review comment at @src/narwhals/_pandas_like/group_by.py around lines 318 - 319:
Update the ordering logic in the aggregation flow around `_restore_order` so
ordered aggregations also restore first-appearance group order when `order_by`
is absent. Record and use original row positions for these aggregations, while
preserving the existing `order_by` behavior.
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| reason="https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/36709", | ||
| raises=NotImplementedError, | ||
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Limit the PyArrow<14 xfail to first and last.
The sum, len, and multi-output mean cases can pass on PyArrow 13. With xfail_strict = true, they become XPASS failures, so the minimum-version PR test job can fail. Apply the xfail only to the first and last cases.
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Review comment at @tests/frame/group_by_test.py around lines 825 - 830:
Update the xfail condition applied through request.applymarker so the PyArrow
version check applies only to the first and last aggregation cases; leave sum,
len, and multi-output mean cases unmarked. Use the existing case or aggregation
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Description
Adds a
maintain_orderargument toDataFrame.group_by(eager only). WhenTrue, groups are returned in the order they first appear in the data, both fromaggand when iterating over the groups.maintain_orderthrough to the nativegroup_by.order_by(the frame gets sorted first). That case now uses the same row-index approach, aligned on the group keys sincelastreturns rows in order of last appearance.This should let plotly drop its workaround (plotly/plotly.py#5766).
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nw.GroupBymaintains order or not / addmaintain_ordertoDataFrame.group_by#3309AI assistance
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pytestpassing locally (not CI):Summary by CodeRabbit
maintain_orderoption to eager group-by operations. When enabled, groups appear in the order their keys first occur in the data, including during iteration.False; group order is unspecified unless order preservation is requested.