BUG: Fix make_sparse mask generation

asv_bench/benchmarks/sparse.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from .pandas_vb_common import *
 import scipy.sparse
-from pandas import SparseSeries, SparseDataFrame
+from pandas import SparseSeries, SparseDataFrame, SparseArray
 
 
 class sparse_series_to_frame(object):
@@ -23,6 +23,69 @@ def time_sparse_series_to_frame(self):
         SparseDataFrame(self.series)
 
 
+class sparse_array_constructor(object):
+    goal_time = 0.2
+
+    def setup(self):
+        np.random.seed(1)
+        self.int64_10percent = self.make_numeric_array(length=1000000, dense_size=100000, fill_value=0, dtype=np.int64)
+        self.int64_1percent = self.make_numeric_array(length=1000000, dense_size=10000, fill_value=0, dtype=np.int64)
+
+        self.float64_10percent = self.make_numeric_array(length=1000000, dense_size=100000, fill_value=np.nan, dtype=np.float64)
+        self.float64_1percent = self.make_numeric_array(length=1000000, dense_size=10000, fill_value=np.nan, dtype=np.float64)
+
+        self.object_nan_fill_value_10percent = self.make_object_array(length=1000000, dense_size=100000, fill_value=np.nan)
+        self.object_nan_fill_value_1percent = self.make_object_array(length=1000000, dense_size=10000, fill_value=np.nan)
+
+        self.object_non_nan_fill_value_10percent = self.make_object_array(length=1000000, dense_size=100000, fill_value=0)
+        self.object_non_nan_fill_value_1percent = self.make_object_array(length=1000000, dense_size=10000, fill_value=0)
+
+    def make_numeric_array(self, length, dense_size, fill_value, dtype):
+        arr = np.array([fill_value] * length, dtype=dtype)
+        indexer = np.unique(np.random.randint(0, length, dense_size))
+        arr[indexer] = np.random.randint(0, 100, len(indexer))
+        return (arr, fill_value, dtype)
+
+    def make_object_array(self, length, dense_size, fill_value):
+        elems = np.array(['a', 0.0, False, 1, 2], dtype=np.object)
+        arr = np.array([fill_value] * length, dtype=np.object)
+        indexer = np.unique(np.random.randint(0, length, dense_size))
+        arr[indexer] = np.random.choice(elems, len(indexer))
+        return (arr, fill_value, np.object)
+
+    def time_sparse_array_constructor_int64_10percent(self):
+        arr, fill_value, dtype = self.int64_10percent
+        SparseArray(arr, fill_value=fill_value, dtype=dtype)
+
+    def time_sparse_array_constructor_int64_1percent(self):
+        arr, fill_value, dtype = self.int64_1percent
+        SparseArray(arr, fill_value=fill_value, dtype=dtype)
+
+    def time_sparse_array_constructor_float64_10percent(self):
+        arr, fill_value, dtype = self.float64_10percent
+        SparseArray(arr, fill_value=fill_value, dtype=dtype)
+
+    def time_sparse_array_constructor_float64_1percent(self):
+        arr, fill_value, dtype = self.float64_1percent
+        SparseArray(arr, fill_value=fill_value, dtype=dtype)
+
+    def time_sparse_array_constructor_object_nan_fill_value_10percent(self):
+        arr, fill_value, dtype = self.object_nan_fill_value_10percent
+        SparseArray(arr, fill_value=fill_value, dtype=dtype)
+
+    def time_sparse_array_constructor_object_nan_fill_value_1percent(self):
+        arr, fill_value, dtype = self.object_nan_fill_value_1percent
+        SparseArray(arr, fill_value=fill_value, dtype=dtype)
+
+    def time_sparse_array_constructor_object_non_nan_fill_value_10percent(self):
+        arr, fill_value, dtype = self.object_non_nan_fill_value_10percent
+        SparseArray(arr, fill_value=fill_value, dtype=dtype)
+
+    def time_sparse_array_constructor_object_non_nan_fill_value_1percent(self):
+        arr, fill_value, dtype = self.object_non_nan_fill_value_1percent
+        SparseArray(arr, fill_value=fill_value, dtype=dtype)
+
+
 class sparse_frame_constructor(object):
     goal_time = 0.2
 

doc/source/whatsnew/v0.21.0.txt

@@ -608,6 +608,7 @@ Sparse
 - Bug in ``SparseSeries`` raises ``AttributeError`` when a dictionary is passed in as data (:issue:`16905`)
 - Bug in :func:`SparseDataFrame.fillna` not filling all NaNs when frame was instantiated from SciPy sparse matrix (:issue:`16112`)
 - Bug in :func:`SparseSeries.unstack` and :func:`SparseDataFrame.stack` (:issue:`16614`, :issue:`15045`)
+- Bug in :func:`make_sparse` treating two numeric/boolean data, which have same bits, as same when array ``dtype`` is ``object`` (:issue:`17574`)
 
 Reshaping
 ^^^^^^^^^

pandas/_libs/sparse.pyx

@@ -848,3 +848,22 @@ def reindex_integer(ndarray[float64_t, ndim=1] values,
                     IntIndex sparse_index,
                     ndarray[int32_t, ndim=1] indexer):
     pass
+
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# SparseArray mask create operations
+
+def make_mask_object_ndarray(ndarray[object, ndim=1] arr, object fill_value):
+    cdef object value
+    cdef Py_ssize_t i
+    cdef Py_ssize_t new_length = len(arr)
+    cdef ndarray[int8_t, ndim=1] mask
+
+    mask = np.ones(new_length, dtype=np.int8)
+
+    for i in range(new_length):
+        value = arr[i]
+        if value == fill_value and type(value) == type(fill_value):
+            mask[i] = 0
+
+    return mask.view(dtype=np.bool)

pandas/core/sparse/array.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from pandas.core.dtypes.common import (
     _ensure_platform_int,
     is_float, is_integer,
+    is_object_dtype,
     is_integer_dtype,
     is_bool_dtype,
     is_list_like,
@@ -789,7 +790,13 @@ def make_sparse(arr, kind='block', fill_value=None):
         if is_string_dtype(arr):
             arr = arr.astype(object)
 
-        mask = arr != fill_value
+        if is_object_dtype(arr.dtype):
+            # element-wise equality check method in numpy doesn't treat
+            # each element type, eg. 0, 0.0, and False are treated as
+            # same. So we have to check the both of its type and value.
+            mask = splib.make_mask_object_ndarray(arr, fill_value)
+        else:
+            mask = arr != fill_value
 
     length = len(arr)
     if length != mask.size:

pandas/tests/sparse/test_array.py

@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@ def test_constructor_object_dtype(self):
         assert arr.dtype == np.object
         assert arr.fill_value == 'A'
 
+        # GH 17574
+        data = [False, 0, 100.0, 0.0]
+        arr = SparseArray(data, dtype=np.object, fill_value=False)
+        assert arr.dtype == np.object
+        assert arr.fill_value is False
+        arr_expected = np.array(data, dtype=np.object)
+        it = (type(x) == type(y) and x == y for x, y in zip(arr, arr_expected))
+        assert np.fromiter(it, dtype=np.bool).all()
+
     def test_constructor_spindex_dtype(self):
         arr = SparseArray(data=[1, 2], sparse_index=IntIndex(4, [1, 2]))
         tm.assert_sp_array_equal(arr, SparseArray([np.nan, 1, 2, np.nan]))