BUG: in Python3 MultiIndex.from_tuples cannot take "zipped" tuples

doc/source/whatsnew/v0.22.0.txt

@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ Indexing
 - Bug in :func:`Series.truncate` which raises ``TypeError`` with a monotonic ``PeriodIndex`` (:issue:`17717`)
 - Bug in :func:`DataFrame.groupby` where tuples were interpreted as lists of keys rather than as keys (:issue:`17979`, :issue:`18249`)
 - Bug in :func:`MultiIndex.remove_unused_levels`` which would fill nan values (:issue:`18417`)
+- Bug in :func:`MultiIndex.from_tuples`` which would fail to take zipped tuples in python3 (:issue:`18434`)
 - Bug in :class:`IntervalIndex` where empty and purely NA data was constructed inconsistently depending on the construction method (:issue:`18421`)
 -
 

pandas/core/indexes/multi.py

@@ -1162,6 +1162,11 @@ def from_arrays(cls, arrays, sortorder=None, names=None):
         MultiIndex.from_product : Make a MultiIndex from cartesian product
                                   of iterables
         """
+        if not is_list_like(arrays):
+            raise TypeError("Input must be a list / sequence of array-likes.")
+        elif is_iterator(arrays):
+            arrays = list(arrays)
+
         # Check if lengths of all arrays are equal or not,
         # raise ValueError, if not
         for i in range(1, len(arrays)):
@@ -1206,6 +1211,11 @@ def from_tuples(cls, tuples, sortorder=None, names=None):
         MultiIndex.from_product : Make a MultiIndex from cartesian product
                                   of iterables
         """
+        if not is_list_like(tuples):
+            raise TypeError('Input must be a list / sequence of tuple-likes.')
+        elif is_iterator(tuples):
+            tuples = list(tuples)
+
         if len(tuples) == 0:
             if names is None:
                 msg = 'Cannot infer number of levels from empty list'
@@ -1260,6 +1270,11 @@ def from_product(cls, iterables, sortorder=None, names=None):
         from pandas.core.categorical import _factorize_from_iterables
         from pandas.core.reshape.util import cartesian_product
 
+        if not is_list_like(iterables):
+            raise TypeError("Input must be a list / sequence of iterables.")
+        elif is_iterator(iterables):
+            iterables = list(iterables)
+
         labels, levels = _factorize_from_iterables(iterables)
         labels = cartesian_product(labels)
         return MultiIndex(levels, labels, sortorder=sortorder, names=names)

pandas/tests/indexes/test_multi.py

@@ -672,15 +672,31 @@ def test_from_arrays(self):
         for lev, lab in zip(self.index.levels, self.index.labels):
             arrays.append(np.asarray(lev).take(lab))
 
-        result = MultiIndex.from_arrays(arrays)
-        assert list(result) == list(self.index)
+        # list of arrays as input
+        result = MultiIndex.from_arrays(arrays, names=self.index.names)
+        tm.assert_index_equal(result, self.index)
 
         # infer correctly
         result = MultiIndex.from_arrays([[pd.NaT, Timestamp('20130101')],
                                          ['a', 'b']])
         assert result.levels[0].equals(Index([Timestamp('20130101')]))
         assert result.levels[1].equals(Index(['a', 'b']))
 
+    def test_from_arrays_iterator(self):
+        # GH 18434
+        arrays = []
+        for lev, lab in zip(self.index.levels, self.index.labels):
+            arrays.append(np.asarray(lev).take(lab))
+
+        # iterator as input
+        result = MultiIndex.from_arrays(iter(arrays), names=self.index.names)
+        tm.assert_index_equal(result, self.index)
+
+        # invalid iterator input
+        with tm.assert_raises_regex(
+                TypeError, "Input must be a list / sequence of array-likes."):
+            MultiIndex.from_arrays(0)
+
     def test_from_arrays_index_series_datetimetz(self):
         idx1 = pd.date_range('2015-01-01 10:00', freq='D', periods=3,
                              tz='US/Eastern')
@@ -825,7 +841,25 @@ def test_from_product(self):
         expected = MultiIndex.from_tuples(tuples, names=names)
 
         tm.assert_index_equal(result, expected)
-        assert result.names == names
+
+    def test_from_product_iterator(self):
+        # GH 18434
+        first = ['foo', 'bar', 'buz']
+        second = ['a', 'b', 'c']
+        names = ['first', 'second']
+        tuples = [('foo', 'a'), ('foo', 'b'), ('foo', 'c'), ('bar', 'a'),
+                  ('bar', 'b'), ('bar', 'c'), ('buz', 'a'), ('buz', 'b'),
+                  ('buz', 'c')]
+        expected = MultiIndex.from_tuples(tuples, names=names)
+
+        # iterator as input
+        result = MultiIndex.from_product(iter([first, second]), names=names)
+        tm.assert_index_equal(result, expected)
+
+        # Invalid non-iterable input
+        with tm.assert_raises_regex(
+                TypeError, "Input must be a list / sequence of iterables."):
+            MultiIndex.from_product(0)
 
     def test_from_product_empty(self):
         # 0 levels
@@ -1725,8 +1759,28 @@ def test_from_tuples(self):
                                'from empty list',
                                MultiIndex.from_tuples, [])
 
-        idx = MultiIndex.from_tuples(((1, 2), (3, 4)), names=['a', 'b'])
-        assert len(idx) == 2
+        expected = MultiIndex(levels=[[1, 3], [2, 4]],
+                              labels=[[0, 1], [0, 1]],
+                              names=['a', 'b'])
+
+        # input tuples
+        result = MultiIndex.from_tuples(((1, 2), (3, 4)), names=['a', 'b'])
+        tm.assert_index_equal(result, expected)
+
+    def test_from_tuples_iterator(self):
+        # GH 18434
+        # input iterator for tuples
+        expected = MultiIndex(levels=[[1, 3], [2, 4]],
+                              labels=[[0, 1], [0, 1]],
+                              names=['a', 'b'])
+
+        result = MultiIndex.from_tuples(zip([1, 3], [2, 4]), names=['a', 'b'])
+        tm.assert_index_equal(result, expected)
+
+        # input non-iterables
+        with tm.assert_raises_regex(
+                TypeError, 'Input must be a list / sequence of tuple-likes.'):
+            MultiIndex.from_tuples(0)
 
     def test_from_tuples_empty(self):
         # GH 16777