how should we handle ordered categoricals?
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Description
Similar to R's `factor`s, Pandas has an `ordered` argument that indicates that the categories have an ordering. I'm not sure what happens when you have an ordered `Categorical`.
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The issue does not name any source file, test, or entry point. First determine how this repository represents Pandas Categoricals and whether ordered categories are currently supported; done would require an agreed behavior and corresponding implementation and tests.
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- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 15/100