API: deprecate DataFrame.from_items ? (original) (raw)

xref #4916, #17312

example of where it is needed

items = [ ('a', [1,2,3]), ('b', ['j', 'k', 'l']) ]

df = pd.DataFrame.from_items(items) df Out[3]: a b 0 1 j 1 2 k 2 3 l

We possibly could deprecate this to shrink the construction api - I find DataFrame(dict(items)) easier to think about / remember (item is a pretty generic term), only downside I see is it discards order on <3.6