lincc-frameworks / lincc-frameworks/nested-pandas
Support returning different Series subclasses from getitem based on column dtype.
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Since Sep 7, 2026.
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Description
Currently selecting a column will only return NestedSeries for nested columns, or Series for anything else. Change the infrastructure to allow different Series types based on the dtype of the columns, with some mapping of dtype to Series type, e.g. tensor type to TensorSeries.
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