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Description
Not sure if this is related to #10324 .
Running master with python 3.4.3.
import pandas
values = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
a = pandas.Series(values)
b = pandas.Series(values, dtype='category')
print(a.shift()) # ok
print(b.shift()) # error
Error looks like this:
$ python f.py
0 NaN
1 a
2 b
3 c
dtype: object
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "f.py", line 8, in <module>
print(b.shift()) # error
File "/Users/davidcottrell/dev/pandas.git/pandas/core/series.py", line 2165, in shift
axis=axis, **kwargs)
File "/Users/davidcottrell/dev/pandas.git/pandas/core/generic.py", line 3688, in shift
new_data = self._data.shift(periods=periods, axis=block_axis)
File "/Users/davidcottrell/dev/pandas.git/pandas/core/internals.py", line 2498, in shift
return self.apply('shift', **kwargs)
File "/Users/davidcottrell/dev/pandas.git/pandas/core/internals.py", line 2462, in apply
applied = getattr(b, f)(**kwargs)
File "/Users/davidcottrell/dev/pandas.git/pandas/core/internals.py", line 890, in shift
f_ordered = new_values.flags.f_contiguous
AttributeError: 'Categorical' object has no attribute 'flags'