DEPR: Deprecate Index.set_value by topper-123 · Pull Request #28621 · pandas-dev/pandas (original) (raw)

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Deprecates Index.set_value. This is a very little used and confusing method IMO.

For a given index idx, array arr, value idx_val in idx and a new value of val, idx.set_value(arr, idx_val, val) is equivalent to arr[idx.get_loc(idx_val) = val, which is more standard and should be used instead.