DEPR: enforce deprecation MultiIndex.is_lexsorted and MultiIndex.lexsort_depth

doc/source/whatsnew/v0.15.2.rst

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ API changes
   a lexically sorted index will have a better performance. (:issue:`2646`)
 
   .. ipython:: python
+    :okexcept:
     :okwarning:
 
     df = pd.DataFrame({'jim':[0, 0, 1, 1],

doc/source/whatsnew/v2.0.0.rst

@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ Removal of prior version deprecations/changes
 - Remove arguments ``names`` and ``dtype`` from :meth:`Index.copy` and ``levels`` and ``codes`` from :meth:`MultiIndex.copy` (:issue:`35853`, :issue:`36685`)
 - Remove argument ``inplace`` from :meth:`MultiIndex.set_levels` and :meth:`MultiIndex.set_codes` (:issue:`35626`)
 - Disallow passing positional arguments to :meth:`MultiIndex.set_levels` and :meth:`MultiIndex.set_codes` (:issue:`41485`)
+- Removed :meth:`MultiIndex.is_lexsorted` and :meth:`MultiIndex.lexsort_depth` (:issue:`38701`)
 - Removed argument ``how`` from :meth:`PeriodIndex.astype`, use :meth:`PeriodIndex.to_timestamp` instead (:issue:`37982`)
 - Removed argument ``try_cast`` from :meth:`DataFrame.mask`, :meth:`DataFrame.where`, :meth:`Series.mask` and :meth:`Series.where` (:issue:`38836`)
 - Removed argument ``is_copy`` from :meth:`DataFrame.take` and :meth:`Series.take` (:issue:`30615`)

pandas/conftest.py

@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ def pytest_collection_modifyitems(items, config) -> None:
         ("DataFrame.append", "The frame.append method is deprecated"),
         ("Series.append", "The series.append method is deprecated"),
         ("dtypes.common.is_categorical", "is_categorical is deprecated"),
-        ("MultiIndex._is_lexsorted", "MultiIndex.is_lexsorted is deprecated"),
         # Docstring divides by zero to show behavior difference
         ("missing.mask_zero_div_zero", "divide by zero encountered"),
         # Docstring demonstrates the call raises a warning

pandas/core/indexes/multi.py

@@ -1810,15 +1810,6 @@ def to_flat_index(self) -> Index:  # type: ignore[override]
         """
         return Index(self._values, tupleize_cols=False)
 
-    def is_lexsorted(self) -> bool:
-        warnings.warn(
-            "MultiIndex.is_lexsorted is deprecated as a public function, "
-            "users should use MultiIndex.is_monotonic_increasing instead.",
-            FutureWarning,
-            stacklevel=find_stack_level(),
-        )
-        return self._is_lexsorted()
-
     def _is_lexsorted(self) -> bool:
         """
         Return True if the codes are lexicographically sorted.
@@ -1832,37 +1823,29 @@ def _is_lexsorted(self) -> bool:
         In the below examples, the first level of the MultiIndex is sorted because
         a<b<c, so there is no need to look at the next level.
 
-        >>> pd.MultiIndex.from_arrays([['a', 'b', 'c'], ['d', 'e', 'f']]).is_lexsorted()
+        >>> pd.MultiIndex.from_arrays([['a', 'b', 'c'],
+        ...                            ['d', 'e', 'f']])._is_lexsorted()
         True
-        >>> pd.MultiIndex.from_arrays([['a', 'b', 'c'], ['d', 'f', 'e']]).is_lexsorted()
+        >>> pd.MultiIndex.from_arrays([['a', 'b', 'c'],
+        ...                            ['d', 'f', 'e']])._is_lexsorted()
         True
 
         In case there is a tie, the lexicographical sorting looks
         at the next level of the MultiIndex.
 
-        >>> pd.MultiIndex.from_arrays([[0, 1, 1], ['a', 'b', 'c']]).is_lexsorted()
+        >>> pd.MultiIndex.from_arrays([[0, 1, 1], ['a', 'b', 'c']])._is_lexsorted()
         True
-        >>> pd.MultiIndex.from_arrays([[0, 1, 1], ['a', 'c', 'b']]).is_lexsorted()
+        >>> pd.MultiIndex.from_arrays([[0, 1, 1], ['a', 'c', 'b']])._is_lexsorted()
         False
         >>> pd.MultiIndex.from_arrays([['a', 'a', 'b', 'b'],
-        ...                            ['aa', 'bb', 'aa', 'bb']]).is_lexsorted()
+        ...                            ['aa', 'bb', 'aa', 'bb']])._is_lexsorted()
         True
         >>> pd.MultiIndex.from_arrays([['a', 'a', 'b', 'b'],
-        ...                            ['bb', 'aa', 'aa', 'bb']]).is_lexsorted()
+        ...                            ['bb', 'aa', 'aa', 'bb']])._is_lexsorted()
         False
         """
         return self._lexsort_depth == self.nlevels
 
-    @property
-    def lexsort_depth(self) -> int:
-        warnings.warn(
-            "MultiIndex.lexsort_depth is deprecated as a public function, "
-            "users should use MultiIndex.is_monotonic_increasing instead.",
-            FutureWarning,
-            stacklevel=find_stack_level(),
-        )
-        return self._lexsort_depth
-
     @cache_readonly
     def _lexsort_depth(self) -> int:
         """

pandas/tests/indexes/multi/test_lexsort.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from pandas import MultiIndex
-import pandas._testing as tm
 
 
 class TestIsLexsorted:
@@ -22,14 +21,6 @@ def test_is_lexsorted(self):
         assert not index._is_lexsorted()
         assert index._lexsort_depth == 0
 
-    def test_is_lexsorted_deprecation(self):
-        # GH 32259
-        with tm.assert_produces_warning(
-            FutureWarning,
-            match="MultiIndex.is_lexsorted is deprecated as a public function",
-        ):
-            MultiIndex.from_arrays([["a", "b", "c"], ["d", "f", "e"]]).is_lexsorted()
-
 
 class TestLexsortDepth:
     def test_lexsort_depth(self):
@@ -53,11 +44,3 @@ def test_lexsort_depth(self):
             levels=levels, codes=[[0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1], [0, 1, 0, 2, 2, 1]], sortorder=0
         )
         assert index._lexsort_depth == 0
-
-    def test_lexsort_depth_deprecation(self):
-        # GH 32259
-        with tm.assert_produces_warning(
-            FutureWarning,
-            match="MultiIndex.lexsort_depth is deprecated as a public function",
-        ):
-            MultiIndex.from_arrays([["a", "b", "c"], ["d", "f", "e"]]).lexsort_depth

pandas/tests/indexes/multi/test_setops.py

@@ -683,9 +683,7 @@ def test_intersection_lexsort_depth(levels1, levels2, codes1, codes2, names):
     mi1 = MultiIndex(levels=levels1, codes=codes1, names=names)
     mi2 = MultiIndex(levels=levels2, codes=codes2, names=names)
     mi_int = mi1.intersection(mi2)
-
-    with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning, match="MultiIndex.lexsort_depth"):
-        assert mi_int.lexsort_depth == 2
+    assert mi_int._lexsort_depth == 2
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("val", [pd.NA, 100])