moved deepcopy test to generic.py

Author: bmcfee

pandas/tests/frame/test_misc_api.py

@@ -332,15 +332,6 @@ def test_deepcopy(self):
         for idx, value in compat.iteritems(series):
             self.assertNotEqual(self.frame['A'][idx], value)
 
-    def test_deepcopy_empty(self):
-        # This test covers empty frame copying with non-empty column sets
-        # as reported in issue #15370
-        # https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues/15370
-        empty_frame = DataFrame(data=[], index=[], columns=['A'])
-        empty_frame_copy = deepcopy(empty_frame)
-
-        self.assertEqual(empty_frame, empty_frame_copy)
-
     # ---------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Transposing
 

pandas/tests/test_generic.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # pylint: disable-msg=E1101,W0612
 
 from operator import methodcaller
+from copy import deepcopy
 import pytest
 import numpy as np
 from numpy import nan
@@ -1539,6 +1540,15 @@ def test_to_xarray(self):
                            expected,
                            check_index_type=False)
 
+    def test_deepcopy_empty(self):
+        # This test covers empty frame copying with non-empty column sets
+        # as reported in issue #15370
+        # https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues/15370
+        empty_frame = DataFrame(data=[], index=[], columns=['A'])
+        empty_frame_copy = deepcopy(empty_frame)
+
+        self.assertEqual(empty_frame, empty_frame_copy)
+
 
 class TestPanel(tm.TestCase, Generic):
     _typ = Panel