BUG display.max_colwidth do not accept -1 for unlimited width · Issue #31532 · pandas-dev/pandas (original) (raw)

Code Sample, a copy-pastable example if possible

import pandas as pd pd.set_option("display.max_colwidth", -1)

Problem description

There is a regression with "display.max_colwidth". In the past, it was only accepting integer. The way to no limit the size was to pass -1. In pandas 1,0, this option becomes more consistent and not limiting the width should be set with None. However, the support for negative integer was removed.

Thus, one would need to either set to -1 or None depending on the pandas version. It would be best to support both options. Potentially, support for negative integer could be removed with a deprecation cycle.