Version 0.23.0 bug in replace()?

[araichev]

Hi folks,

In Pandas 0.23.0 (on Linux Mint 18.3), i run

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np


s = pd.Series([np.nan, 1])
s.fillna(-1).astype(int).astype(str).replace('-1', '')

and get the error

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-39-6bd382c335e3> in <module>()
      1 print(pd.__version__)
      2 s = pd.Series([np.nan, 1])
----> 3 s.fillna(-1).astype(int).astype(str).replace('-1', '')

~/.virtualenvs/make_gtfs-2RAnZ_bf/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/series.py in replace(self, to_replace, value, inplace, limit, regex, method)
   3427         return super(Series, self).replace(to_replace=to_replace, value=value,
   3428                                            inplace=inplace, limit=limit,
-> 3429                                            regex=regex, method=method)
   3430 
   3431     @Appender(generic._shared_docs['shift'] % _shared_doc_kwargs)

~/.virtualenvs/make_gtfs-2RAnZ_bf/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/generic.py in replace(self, to_replace, value, inplace, limit, regex, method)
   5877                     new_data = self._data.replace(to_replace=to_replace,
   5878                                                   value=value, inplace=inplace,
-> 5879                                                   regex=regex)
   5880                 else:
   5881                     msg = ('Invalid "to_replace" type: '

~/.virtualenvs/make_gtfs-2RAnZ_bf/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/internals.py in replace(self, **kwargs)
   3718 
   3719     def replace(self, **kwargs):
-> 3720         return self.apply('replace', **kwargs)
   3721 
   3722     def replace_list(self, src_list, dest_list, inplace=False, regex=False,

~/.virtualenvs/make_gtfs-2RAnZ_bf/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/internals.py in apply(self, f, axes, filter, do_integrity_check, consolidate, **kwargs)
   3579 
   3580             kwargs['mgr'] = self
-> 3581             applied = getattr(b, f)(**kwargs)
   3582             result_blocks = _extend_blocks(applied, result_blocks)
   3583 

~/.virtualenvs/make_gtfs-2RAnZ_bf/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/internals.py in replace(self, to_replace, value, inplace, filter, regex, convert, mgr)
   2430         blocks = [self]
   2431 
-> 2432         if not either_list and is_re(to_replace):
   2433             return self._replace_single(to_replace, value, inplace=inplace,
   2434                                         filter=filter, regex=True,

~/.virtualenvs/make_gtfs-2RAnZ_bf/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas/core/dtypes/inference.py in is_re(obj)
    217     """
    218 
--> 219     return isinstance(obj, re_type)
    220 
    221 

/usr/lib/python3.5/typing.py in __instancecheck__(self, obj)
    258 
    259     def __instancecheck__(self, obj):
--> 260         raise TypeError("Type aliases cannot be used with isinstance().")
    261 
    262     def __subclasscheck__(self, cls):

TypeError: Type aliases cannot be used with isinstance().

I expect to get what i got using Pandas 0.22.0, namely

0     
1    1
dtype: object

[jreback]

duplicate of #21078 and fixed in #21098