Setting a value in a categorical column using boolean indexing fails for large index values

[coroa]

Consider

import pandas as pd

df = pd.DataFrame(dict(A=np.array(range(0, 200)),
                       B=pd.Categorical(['a']*200, categories=['a', 'b'])))

# Setting a categorical with boolean indexing works fine for small indices
print df.loc[df.A == 5]
df.loc[df.A == 5, 'B'] = 'b'
print df.loc[df.A == 5]

print ""

# ... but fails for large indices
print df.loc[df.A == 150]
df.loc[df.A == 150, 'B'] = 'b'
print df.loc[df.A == 150]

outputs at my pandas 0.15.1.dev installation (note that the value is correctly updated for A==5, but not for A==150):

   A  B
5  5  a
   A  B
5  5  b

       A  B
150  150  a
       A  B
150  150  a

[jreback]

this was fixed in #9469
it will be in the upcoming 0.16.0 release and is in master now.