v0.16.0.txt

.. _whatsnew_0160:

v0.16.0 (February ??, 2015)
---------------------------

This is a major release from 0.15.2 and includes a small number of API changes, several new features,
enhancements, and performance improvements along with a large number of bug fixes. We recommend that all
users upgrade to this version.

- Highlights include:

- Check the :ref:`API Changes <whatsnew_0160.api>` and :ref:`deprecations <whatsnew_0160.deprecations>` before updating

- :ref:`Other Enhancements <whatsnew_0160.enhancements>`

- :ref:`Performance Improvements <whatsnew_0160.performance>`

- :ref:`Bug Fixes <whatsnew_0160.bug_fixes>`

New features
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.. _whatsnew_0160.api:

Backwards incompatible API changes
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.. _whatsnew_0160.api_breaking:

Deprecations
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.. _whatsnew_0160.deprecations:


Enhancements
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.. _whatsnew_0160.enhancements:

Performance
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.. _whatsnew_0160.performance:


Bug Fixes
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.. _whatsnew_0160.bug_fixes:

- Fixed compatibility issue in ``DatetimeIndex`` affecting architectures where ``numpy.int_`` defaults to ``numpy.int32`` (:issue:`8943`)
- Bug in ``MultiIndex.has_duplicates`` when having many levels causes an indexer overflow (:issue:`9075`)
- Bug in read_csv when using skiprows on a file with CR line endings with the c engine. (:issue:`9079`)