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Fixed bug where unstack(sort=False) was reordering column labels
but not the corresponding data values, causing incorrect data
alignment. The issue was in _Unstacker._make_sorted_values() which
was always reordering values regardless of the sort parameter.

Changes:

  • Modified _make_sorted_values() to respect the sort parameter
  • Added FutureWarning for sort=False as it will be deprecated
  • Added regression test to verify column/data alignment

 Fixed bug where unstack(sort=False) was reordering column labels
  but not the corresponding data values, causing incorrect data
  alignment. The issue was in _Unstacker._make_sorted_values() which
  was always reordering values regardless of the sort parameter.

  Changes:
  - Modified _make_sorted_values() to respect the sort parameter
  - Added FutureWarning for sort=False as it will be deprecated
  - Added regression test to verify column/data alignment

  Closes #62816
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Thanks for the PR, but it appears this PR was developed primarily by AI which the project discourages so closing

@mroeschke mroeschke closed this Oct 24, 2025
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I think this generally looks good, can you fix up the tests based on the request below and add a whatsnew note for 3.0.

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# Create a value_counts Series with specific order
result_series = df.value_counts(subset=["Department", "Gender", "Location"])
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Produce the input data directly, don't rely on other pandas methods (as much as is reasonable - some methods certainly have be called).

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# Unstack with sort=False should preserve the order of values
result = result_series.unstack(fill_value=0, sort=False)
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Remove comments that repeat the code.

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# Verify that the data values match their column labels
# The key test is that column order matches the data order
for col in result.columns:
for idx in result.index:
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Add expected = pd.DataFrame(...) and then use tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected).

def unstack(
obj: Series | DataFrame, level, fill_value=None, sort: bool = True
) -> Series | DataFrame:
if not sort:
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There was indeed an intention to deprecate sort, but then it was discovered that sort=False had various bugs. I believe the situation has improved, but think we should still hold off for now. Can you revert adding in this deprecation.

In any case, introducing a deprecation and fixing a bug should be different PRs (assuming it's possible).

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Can you detail what this does.

# The key test is that column order matches the data order
for col in result.columns:
for idx in result.index:
# Reconstruct the original MultiIndex tuple
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Add expected = pd.DataFrame(...) and then use tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected).

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