#23049: test for Fatal Stack Overflow stemming From Misuse of astype(…

…'category') (#25366)
pandas-dev · Feb 19, 2019 · 9561b96 · 9561b96
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diff --git a/pandas/tests/frame/test_combine_concat.py b/pandas/tests/frame/test_combine_concat.py
@@ -504,6 +504,16 @@ def test_concat_numerical_names(self):
                                                                 names=[1, 2]))
         tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
+    def test_concat_astype_dup_col(self):
+        # gh 23049
+        df = pd.DataFrame([{'a': 'b'}])
+        df = pd.concat([df, df], axis=1)
+
+        result = df.astype('category')
+        expected = pd.DataFrame(np.array(["b", "b"]).reshape(1, 2),
+                                columns=["a", "a"]).astype("category")
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
+
 
 class TestDataFrameCombineFirst(TestData):