ERR: Index.shift() gives confusing error message when no DatetimeIndex · Issue #8038 · pandas-dev/pandas (original) (raw)

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Description

In [1]: idx = pd.Index(range(5))

In [2]: idx
Out[2]: Int64Index([0, 1, 2, 3, 4], dtype='int64')

In [3]: idx.shift(1)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-3-d8362983dbf7> in <module>()
----> 1 idx.shift(1)

c:\users\vdbosscj\scipy\pandas-joris\pandas\core\index.pyc in shift(self, period
s, freq)
   1096             return self
   1097
-> 1098         offset = periods * freq
   1099         return Index([idx + offset for idx in self], name=self.name)
   1100

TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for *: 'int' and 'NoneType'

Should shift be allowed at all when it is no DatetimeIndex?