DEPR: Remove SettingWithCopyWarning

doc/source/reference/testing.rst

@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ Exceptions and warnings
    errors.PossiblePrecisionLoss
    errors.PyperclipException
    errors.PyperclipWindowsException
-   errors.SettingWithCopyError
-   errors.SettingWithCopyWarning
    errors.SpecificationError
    errors.UndefinedVariableError
    errors.UnsortedIndexError

doc/source/user_guide/advanced.rst

@@ -11,13 +11,6 @@ and :ref:`other advanced indexing features <advanced.index_types>`.
 
 See the :ref:`Indexing and Selecting Data <indexing>` for general indexing documentation.
 
-.. warning::
-
-   Whether a copy or a reference is returned for a setting operation may
-   depend on the context.  This is sometimes called ``chained assignment`` and
-   should be avoided.  See :ref:`Returning a View versus Copy
-   <indexing.view_versus_copy>`.
-
 See the :ref:`cookbook<cookbook.selection>` for some advanced strategies.
 
 .. _advanced.hierarchical:
@@ -402,6 +395,7 @@ slicers on a single axis.
 Furthermore, you can *set* the values using the following methods.
 
 .. ipython:: python
+   :okwarning:
 
    df2 = dfmi.copy()
    df2.loc(axis=0)[:, :, ["C1", "C3"]] = -10

doc/source/user_guide/indexing.rst

@@ -29,13 +29,6 @@ this area.
    production code, we recommended that you take advantage of the optimized
    pandas data access methods exposed in this chapter.
 
-.. warning::
-
-   Whether a copy or a reference is returned for a setting operation, may
-   depend on the context. This is sometimes called ``chained assignment`` and
-   should be avoided. See :ref:`Returning a View versus Copy
-   <indexing.view_versus_copy>`.
-
 See the :ref:`MultiIndex / Advanced Indexing <advanced>` for ``MultiIndex`` and more advanced indexing documentation.
 
 See the :ref:`cookbook<cookbook.selection>` for some advanced strategies.
@@ -299,12 +292,6 @@ largely as a convenience since it is such a common operation.
 Selection by label
 ------------------
 
-.. warning::
-
-   Whether a copy or a reference is returned for a setting operation, may depend on the context.
-   This is sometimes called ``chained assignment`` and should be avoided.
-   See :ref:`Returning a View versus Copy <indexing.view_versus_copy>`.
-
 .. warning::
 
    ``.loc`` is strict when you present slicers that are not compatible (or convertible) with the index type. For example
@@ -445,12 +432,6 @@ For more information about duplicate labels, see
 Selection by position
 ---------------------
 
-.. warning::
-
-   Whether a copy or a reference is returned for a setting operation, may depend on the context.
-   This is sometimes called ``chained assignment`` and should be avoided.
-   See :ref:`Returning a View versus Copy <indexing.view_versus_copy>`.
-
 pandas provides a suite of methods in order to get **purely integer based indexing**. The semantics follow closely Python and NumPy slicing. These are ``0-based`` indexing. When slicing, the start bound is *included*, while the upper bound is *excluded*. Trying to use a non-integer, even a **valid** label will raise an ``IndexError``.
 
 The ``.iloc`` attribute is the primary access method. The following are valid inputs:
@@ -1722,234 +1703,10 @@ You can assign a custom index to the ``index`` attribute:
    df_idx.index = pd.Index([10, 20, 30, 40], name="a")
    df_idx
 
-.. _indexing.view_versus_copy:
-
-Returning a view versus a copy
-------------------------------
-
-.. warning::
-
-    :ref:`Copy-on-Write <copy_on_write>`
-    will become the new default in pandas 3.0. This means that chained indexing will
-    never work. As a consequence, the ``SettingWithCopyWarning`` won't be necessary
-    anymore.
-    See :ref:`this section <copy_on_write_chained_assignment>`
-    for more context.
-    We recommend turning Copy-on-Write on to leverage the improvements with
-
-    ```
-    pd.options.mode.copy_on_write = True
-    ```
-
-    even before pandas 3.0 is available.
-
-When setting values in a pandas object, care must be taken to avoid what is called
-``chained indexing``. Here is an example.
-
-.. ipython:: python
-
-   dfmi = pd.DataFrame([list('abcd'),
-                        list('efgh'),
-                        list('ijkl'),
-                        list('mnop')],
-                       columns=pd.MultiIndex.from_product([['one', 'two'],
-                                                           ['first', 'second']]))
-   dfmi
-
-Compare these two access methods:
-
-.. ipython:: python
-
-   dfmi['one']['second']
-
-.. ipython:: python
-
-   dfmi.loc[:, ('one', 'second')]
-
-These both yield the same results, so which should you use? It is instructive to understand the order
-of operations on these and why method 2 (``.loc``) is much preferred over method 1 (chained ``[]``).
-
-``dfmi['one']`` selects the first level of the columns and returns a DataFrame that is singly-indexed.
-Then another Python operation ``dfmi_with_one['second']`` selects the series indexed by ``'second'``.
-This is indicated by the variable ``dfmi_with_one`` because pandas sees these operations as separate events.
-e.g. separate calls to ``__getitem__``, so it has to treat them as linear operations, they happen one after another.
-
-Contrast this to ``df.loc[:,('one','second')]`` which passes a nested tuple of ``(slice(None),('one','second'))`` to a single call to
-``__getitem__``. This allows pandas to deal with this as a single entity. Furthermore this order of operations *can* be significantly
-faster, and allows one to index *both* axes if so desired.
-
 Why does assignment fail when using chained indexing?
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. warning::
-
-    :ref:`Copy-on-Write <copy_on_write>`
-    will become the new default in pandas 3.0. This means that chained indexing will
-    never work. As a consequence, the ``SettingWithCopyWarning`` won't be necessary
-    anymore.
-    See :ref:`this section <copy_on_write_chained_assignment>`
-    for more context.
-    We recommend turning Copy-on-Write on to leverage the improvements with
-
-    ```
-    pd.options.mode.copy_on_write = True
-    ```
-
-    even before pandas 3.0 is available.
-
-The problem in the previous section is just a performance issue. What's up with
-the ``SettingWithCopy`` warning? We don't **usually** throw warnings around when
-you do something that might cost a few extra milliseconds!
-
-But it turns out that assigning to the product of chained indexing has
-inherently unpredictable results. To see this, think about how the Python
-interpreter executes this code:
-
-.. code-block:: python
-
-   dfmi.loc[:, ('one', 'second')] = value
-   # becomes
-   dfmi.loc.__setitem__((slice(None), ('one', 'second')), value)
-
-But this code is handled differently:
-
-.. code-block:: python
-
-   dfmi['one']['second'] = value
-   # becomes
-   dfmi.__getitem__('one').__setitem__('second', value)
-
-See that ``__getitem__`` in there? Outside of simple cases, it's very hard to
-predict whether it will return a view or a copy (it depends on the memory layout
-of the array, about which pandas makes no guarantees), and therefore whether
-the ``__setitem__`` will modify ``dfmi`` or a temporary object that gets thrown
-out immediately afterward. **That's** what ``SettingWithCopy`` is warning you
-about!
-
-.. note:: You may be wondering whether we should be concerned about the ``loc``
-   property in the first example. But ``dfmi.loc`` is guaranteed to be ``dfmi``
-   itself with modified indexing behavior, so ``dfmi.loc.__getitem__`` /
-   ``dfmi.loc.__setitem__`` operate on ``dfmi`` directly. Of course,
-   ``dfmi.loc.__getitem__(idx)`` may be a view or a copy of ``dfmi``.
-
-Sometimes a ``SettingWithCopy`` warning will arise at times when there's no
-obvious chained indexing going on. **These** are the bugs that
-``SettingWithCopy`` is designed to catch! pandas is probably trying to warn you
-that you've done this:
-
-.. code-block:: python
-
-   def do_something(df):
-       foo = df[['bar', 'baz']]  # Is foo a view? A copy? Nobody knows!
-       # ... many lines here ...
-       # We don't know whether this will modify df or not!
-       foo['quux'] = value
-       return foo
-
-Yikes!
-
-.. _indexing.evaluation_order:
-
-Evaluation order matters
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. warning::
-
-    :ref:`Copy-on-Write <copy_on_write>`
-    will become the new default in pandas 3.0. This means than chained indexing will
-    never work. As a consequence, the ``SettingWithCopyWarning`` won't be necessary
-    anymore.
-    See :ref:`this section <copy_on_write_chained_assignment>`
-    for more context.
-    We recommend turning Copy-on-Write on to leverage the improvements with
-
-    ```
-    pd.options.mode.copy_on_write = True
-    ```
-
-    even before pandas 3.0 is available.
-
-When you use chained indexing, the order and type of the indexing operation
-partially determine whether the result is a slice into the original object, or
-a copy of the slice.
-
-pandas has the ``SettingWithCopyWarning`` because assigning to a copy of a
-slice is frequently not intentional, but a mistake caused by chained indexing
-returning a copy where a slice was expected.
-
-If you would like pandas to be more or less trusting about assignment to a
-chained indexing expression, you can set the :ref:`option <options>`
-``mode.chained_assignment`` to one of these values:
-
-* ``'warn'``, the default, means a ``SettingWithCopyWarning`` is printed.
-* ``'raise'`` means pandas will raise a ``SettingWithCopyError``
-  you have to deal with.
-* ``None`` will suppress the warnings entirely.
-
-.. ipython:: python
-   :okwarning:
-
-   dfb = pd.DataFrame({'a': ['one', 'one', 'two',
-                             'three', 'two', 'one', 'six'],
-                       'c': np.arange(7)})
-
-   # This will show the SettingWithCopyWarning
-   # but the frame values will be set
-   dfb['c'][dfb['a'].str.startswith('o')] = 42
-
-This however is operating on a copy and will not work.
-
-.. ipython:: python
-   :okwarning:
-   :okexcept:
-
-   with pd.option_context('mode.chained_assignment','warn'):
-       dfb[dfb['a'].str.startswith('o')]['c'] = 42
-
-A chained assignment can also crop up in setting in a mixed dtype frame.
-
-.. note::
-
-   These setting rules apply to all of ``.loc/.iloc``.
-
-The following is the recommended access method using ``.loc`` for multiple items (using ``mask``) and a single item using a fixed index:
-
-.. ipython:: python
-
-   dfc = pd.DataFrame({'a': ['one', 'one', 'two',
-                             'three', 'two', 'one', 'six'],
-                       'c': np.arange(7)})
-   dfd = dfc.copy()
-   # Setting multiple items using a mask
-   mask = dfd['a'].str.startswith('o')
-   dfd.loc[mask, 'c'] = 42
-   dfd
-
-   # Setting a single item
-   dfd = dfc.copy()
-   dfd.loc[2, 'a'] = 11
-   dfd
-
-The following *can* work at times, but it is not guaranteed to, and therefore should be avoided:
-
-.. ipython:: python
-   :okwarning:
-
-   dfd = dfc.copy()
-   dfd['a'][2] = 111
-   dfd
-
-Last, the subsequent example will **not** work at all, and so should be avoided:
-
-.. ipython:: python
-   :okwarning:
-   :okexcept:
-
-   with pd.option_context('mode.chained_assignment','raise'):
-       dfd.loc[0]['a'] = 1111
-
-.. warning::
-
-   The chained assignment warnings / exceptions are aiming to inform the user of a possibly invalid
-   assignment. There may be false positives; situations where a chained assignment is inadvertently
-   reported.
+:ref:`Copy-on-Write <copy_on_write>` is the new default with pandas 3.0.
+This means than chained indexing will never work.
+See :ref:`this section <copy_on_write_chained_assignment>`
+for more context.

doc/source/whatsnew/v0.13.0.rst

@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ API changes
   statistical mode(s) by axis/Series. (:issue:`5367`)
 
 - Chained assignment will now by default warn if the user is assigning to a copy. This can be changed
-  with the option ``mode.chained_assignment``, allowed options are ``raise/warn/None``. See :ref:`the docs<indexing.view_versus_copy>`.
+  with the option ``mode.chained_assignment``, allowed options are ``raise/warn/None``.
 
   .. ipython:: python
 

doc/source/whatsnew/v0.13.1.rst

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ Highlights include:
 .. warning::
 
    0.13.1 fixes a bug that was caused by a combination of having numpy < 1.8, and doing
-   chained assignment on a string-like array. Please review :ref:`the docs<indexing.view_versus_copy>`,
-   chained indexing can have unexpected results and should generally be avoided.
+   chained assignment on a string-like array.
+   Chained indexing can have unexpected results and should generally be avoided.
 
    This would previously segfault:
 

doc/source/whatsnew/v1.5.0.rst

@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ Other enhancements
 - Added ``validate`` argument to :meth:`DataFrame.join` (:issue:`46622`)
 - Added ``numeric_only`` argument to :meth:`.Resampler.sum`, :meth:`.Resampler.prod`, :meth:`.Resampler.min`, :meth:`.Resampler.max`, :meth:`.Resampler.first`, and :meth:`.Resampler.last` (:issue:`46442`)
 - ``times`` argument in :class:`.ExponentialMovingWindow` now accepts ``np.timedelta64`` (:issue:`47003`)
-- :class:`.DataError`, :class:`.SpecificationError`, :class:`.SettingWithCopyError`, :class:`.SettingWithCopyWarning`, :class:`.NumExprClobberingError`, :class:`.UndefinedVariableError`, :class:`.IndexingError`, :class:`.PyperclipException`, :class:`.PyperclipWindowsException`, :class:`.CSSWarning`, :class:`.PossibleDataLossError`, :class:`.ClosedFileError`, :class:`.IncompatibilityWarning`, :class:`.AttributeConflictWarning`, :class:`.DatabaseError`, :class:`.PossiblePrecisionLoss`, :class:`.ValueLabelTypeMismatch`, :class:`.InvalidColumnName`, and :class:`.CategoricalConversionWarning` are now exposed in ``pandas.errors`` (:issue:`27656`)
+- :class:`.DataError`, :class:`.SpecificationError`, ``SettingWithCopyError``, ``SettingWithCopyWarning``, :class:`.NumExprClobberingError`, :class:`.UndefinedVariableError`, :class:`.IndexingError`, :class:`.PyperclipException`, :class:`.PyperclipWindowsException`, :class:`.CSSWarning`, :class:`.PossibleDataLossError`, :class:`.ClosedFileError`, :class:`.IncompatibilityWarning`, :class:`.AttributeConflictWarning`, :class:`.DatabaseError`, :class:`.PossiblePrecisionLoss`, :class:`.ValueLabelTypeMismatch`, :class:`.InvalidColumnName`, and :class:`.CategoricalConversionWarning` are now exposed in ``pandas.errors`` (:issue:`27656`)
 - Added ``check_like`` argument to :func:`testing.assert_series_equal` (:issue:`47247`)
 - Add support for :meth:`.DataFrameGroupBy.ohlc` and :meth:`.SeriesGroupBy.ohlc` for extension array dtypes (:issue:`37493`)
 - Allow reading compressed SAS files with :func:`read_sas` (e.g., ``.sas7bdat.gz`` files)

pandas/_config/__init__.py

@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ def warn_copy_on_write() -> bool:
     return False
 
 
-def using_nullable_dtypes() -> bool:
-    _mode_options = _global_config["mode"]
-    return _mode_options["nullable_dtypes"]
-
-
 def using_pyarrow_string_dtype() -> bool:
     _mode_options = _global_config["future"]
     return _mode_options["infer_string"]

pandas/core/apply.py

@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 
-from pandas._config import option_context
-
 from pandas._libs import lib
 from pandas._libs.internals import BlockValuesRefs
 from pandas._typing import (
@@ -1076,14 +1074,12 @@ def apply_series_generator(self) -> tuple[ResType, Index]:
 
         results = {}
 
-        with option_context("mode.chained_assignment", None):
-            for i, v in enumerate(series_gen):
-                # ignore SettingWithCopy here in case the user mutates
-                results[i] = self.func(v, *self.args, **self.kwargs)
-                if isinstance(results[i], ABCSeries):
-                    # If we have a view on v, we need to make a copy because
-                    #  series_generator will swap out the underlying data
-                    results[i] = results[i].copy(deep=False)
+        for i, v in enumerate(series_gen):
+            results[i] = self.func(v, *self.args, **self.kwargs)
+            if isinstance(results[i], ABCSeries):
+                # If we have a view on v, we need to make a copy because
+                #  series_generator will swap out the underlying data
+                results[i] = results[i].copy(deep=False)
 
         return results, res_index