DEPR: Categorical.to_list, NDFrame.align broadcast_axis

doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.0.rst

@@ -104,11 +104,13 @@ Deprecations
 - Deprecated the default of ``observed=False`` in :meth:`DataFrame.groupby` and :meth:`Series.groupby`; this will default to ``True`` in a future version (:issue:`43999`)
 - Deprecated :meth:`DataFrameGroupBy.dtypes`, check ``dtypes`` on the underlying object instead (:issue:`51045`)
 - Deprecated ``axis=1`` in :meth:`DataFrame.groupby` and in :class:`Grouper` constructor, do ``frame.T.groupby(...)`` instead (:issue:`51203`)
+- Deprecated :meth:`Categorical.to_list`, use ``obj.tolist()`` instead (:issue:`51254`)
 - Deprecated passing a :class:`DataFrame` to :meth:`DataFrame.from_records`, use :meth:`DataFrame.set_index` or :meth:`DataFrame.drop` instead (:issue:`51353`)
 - Deprecated accepting slices in :meth:`DataFrame.take`, call ``obj[slicer]`` or pass a sequence of integers instead (:issue:`51539`)
 - Deprecated ``axis=1`` in :meth:`DataFrame.ewm`, :meth:`DataFrame.rolling`, :meth:`DataFrame.expanding`, transpose before calling the method instead (:issue:`51778`)
 - Deprecated the ``axis`` keyword in :meth:`DataFrame.ewm`, :meth:`Series.ewm`, :meth:`DataFrame.rolling`, :meth:`Series.rolling`, :meth:`DataFrame.expanding`, :meth:`Series.expanding` (:issue:`51778`)
 - Deprecated 'method', 'limit', and 'fill_axis' keywords in :meth:`DataFrame.align` and :meth:`Series.align`, explicitly call ``fillna`` on the alignment results instead (:issue:`51856`)
+- Deprecated 'broadcast_axis' keyword in :meth:`Series.align` and :meth:`DataFrame.align`, upcast before calling ``align`` with ``left = DataFrame({col: left for col in right.columns}, index=right.index)`` (:issue:`51856`)
 - Deprecated the 'axis' keyword in :meth:`.GroupBy.idxmax`, :meth:`.GroupBy.idxmin`, :meth:`.GroupBy.fillna`, :meth:`.GroupBy.take`, :meth:`.GroupBy.skew`, :meth:`.GroupBy.rank`, :meth:`.GroupBy.cumprod`, :meth:`.GroupBy.cumsum`, :meth:`.GroupBy.cummax`, :meth:`.GroupBy.cummin`, :meth:`.GroupBy.pct_change`, :meth:`GroupBy.diff`, :meth:`.GroupBy.shift`, and :meth:`DataFrameGroupBy.corrwith`; for ``axis=1`` operate on the underlying :class:`DataFrame` instead (:issue:`50405`, :issue:`51046`)
 -
 

pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     cast,
     overload,
 )
+import warnings
 
 import numpy as np
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
 )
 from pandas._libs.arrays import NDArrayBacked
 from pandas.compat.numpy import function as nv
+from pandas.util._exceptions import find_stack_level
 from pandas.util._validators import validate_bool_kwarg
 
 from pandas.core.dtypes.cast import (
@@ -551,6 +553,13 @@ def to_list(self):
         """
         Alias for tolist.
         """
+        # GH#51254
+        warnings.warn(
+            "Categorical.to_list is deprecated and will be removed in a future "
+            "version. Use obj.tolist() instead",
+            FutureWarning,
+            stacklevel=find_stack_level(),
+        )
         return self.tolist()
 
     @classmethod

pandas/core/frame.py

@@ -5033,7 +5033,7 @@ def align(
         method: FillnaOptions | None | lib.NoDefault = lib.no_default,
         limit: int | None | lib.NoDefault = lib.no_default,
         fill_axis: Axis | lib.NoDefault = lib.no_default,
-        broadcast_axis: Axis | None = None,
+        broadcast_axis: Axis | None | lib.NoDefault = lib.no_default,
     ) -> tuple[Self, NDFrameT]:
         return super().align(
             other,

pandas/core/generic.py

@@ -9333,7 +9333,7 @@ def align(
         method: FillnaOptions | None | lib.NoDefault = lib.no_default,
         limit: int | None | lib.NoDefault = lib.no_default,
         fill_axis: Axis | lib.NoDefault = lib.no_default,
-        broadcast_axis: Axis | None = None,
+        broadcast_axis: Axis | None | lib.NoDefault = lib.no_default,
     ) -> tuple[Self, NDFrameT]:
         """
         Align two objects on their axes with the specified join method.
@@ -9382,6 +9382,8 @@ def align(
             Broadcast values along this axis, if aligning two objects of
             different dimensions.
 
+            .. deprecated:: 2.1
+
         Returns
         -------
         tuple of ({klass}, type of other)
@@ -9474,6 +9476,27 @@ def align(
             limit = None
         method = clean_fill_method(method)
 
+        if broadcast_axis is not lib.no_default:
+            # GH#51856
+            msg = (
+                f"The 'broadcast_axis' keyword in {type(self).__name__}.align is "
+                "deprecated and will be removed in a future version."
+            )
+            if broadcast_axis is not None:
+                if self.ndim == 1 and other.ndim == 2:
+                    msg += (
+                        " Use left = DataFrame({col: left for col in right.columns}, "
+                        "index=right.index) before calling `left.align(right)` instead."
+                    )
+                elif self.ndim == 2 and other.ndim == 1:
+                    msg += (
+                        " Use right = DataFrame({col: right for col in left.columns}, "
+                        "index=left.index) before calling `left.align(right)` instead"
+                    )
+            warnings.warn(msg, FutureWarning, stacklevel=find_stack_level())
+        else:
+            broadcast_axis = None
+
         if broadcast_axis == 1 and self.ndim != other.ndim:
             if isinstance(self, ABCSeries):
                 # this means other is a DataFrame, and we need to broadcast
@@ -9719,7 +9742,13 @@ def _where(
         cond = common.apply_if_callable(cond, self)
         if isinstance(cond, NDFrame):
             # CoW: Make sure reference is not kept alive
-            cond = cond.align(self, join="right", broadcast_axis=1, copy=False)[0]
+            if cond.ndim == 1 and self.ndim == 2:
+                cond = cond._constructor_expanddim(
+                    {i: cond for i in range(len(self.columns))},
+                    copy=False,
+                )
+                cond.columns = self.columns
+            cond = cond.align(self, join="right", copy=False)[0]
         else:
             if not hasattr(cond, "shape"):
                 cond = np.asanyarray(cond)

pandas/core/series.py

@@ -4580,7 +4580,7 @@ def align(
         method: FillnaOptions | None | lib.NoDefault = lib.no_default,
         limit: int | None | lib.NoDefault = lib.no_default,
         fill_axis: Axis | lib.NoDefault = lib.no_default,
-        broadcast_axis: Axis | None = None,
+        broadcast_axis: Axis | None | lib.NoDefault = lib.no_default,
     ) -> tuple[Self, NDFrameT]:
         return super().align(
             other,

pandas/tests/arrays/categorical/test_api.py

@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@
 
 
 class TestCategoricalAPI:
+    def test_to_list_deprecated(self):
+        # GH#51254
+        cat1 = Categorical(list("acb"), ordered=False)
+        msg = "Categorical.to_list is deprecated and will be removed"
+        with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning, match=msg):
+            cat1.to_list()
+
     def test_ordered_api(self):
         # GH 9347
         cat1 = Categorical(list("acb"), ordered=False)

pandas/tests/frame/methods/test_align.py

@@ -126,7 +126,9 @@ def test_align_frame_with_series(self, float_frame):
         tm.assert_index_equal(right.index, float_frame.index)
         assert isinstance(right, Series)
 
-        left, right = float_frame.align(s, broadcast_axis=1)
+        msg = "The 'broadcast_axis' keyword in DataFrame.align is deprecated"
+        with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning, match=msg):
+            left, right = float_frame.align(s, broadcast_axis=1)
         tm.assert_index_equal(left.index, float_frame.index)
         expected = {c: s for c in float_frame.columns}
         expected = DataFrame(