TST: tighten testing assertions (#38223)

Author: jbrockmendel

pandas/tests/groupby/test_grouping.py

@@ -307,9 +307,8 @@ def test_groupby_levels_and_columns(self):
         # reset_index changes columns dtype to object
         by_columns = df.reset_index().groupby(idx_names).mean()
 
-        tm.assert_frame_equal(by_levels, by_columns, check_column_type=False)
-
-        by_columns.columns = Index(by_columns.columns, dtype=np.int64)
+        # without casting, by_columns.columns is object-dtype
+        by_columns.columns = by_columns.columns.astype(np.int64)
         tm.assert_frame_equal(by_levels, by_columns)
 
     def test_groupby_categorical_index_and_columns(self, observed):

pandas/tests/indexing/test_loc.py

@@ -1782,21 +1782,23 @@ def test_series_getitem_label_list_missing_integer_values():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "columns, column_key, expected_columns, check_column_type",
+    "columns, column_key, expected_columns",
     [
-        ([2011, 2012, 2013], [2011, 2012], [0, 1], True),
-        ([2011, 2012, "All"], [2011, 2012], [0, 1], False),
-        ([2011, 2012, "All"], [2011, "All"], [0, 2], True),
+        ([2011, 2012, 2013], [2011, 2012], [0, 1]),
+        ([2011, 2012, "All"], [2011, 2012], [0, 1]),
+        ([2011, 2012, "All"], [2011, "All"], [0, 2]),
     ],
 )
-def test_loc_getitem_label_list_integer_labels(
-    columns, column_key, expected_columns, check_column_type
-):
+def test_loc_getitem_label_list_integer_labels(columns, column_key, expected_columns):
     # gh-14836
     df = DataFrame(np.random.rand(3, 3), columns=columns, index=list("ABC"))
     expected = df.iloc[:, expected_columns]
     result = df.loc[["A", "B", "C"], column_key]
-    tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected, check_column_type=check_column_type)
+
+    if df.columns.is_object() and all(isinstance(x, int) for x in column_key):
+        expected.columns = expected.columns.astype(int)
+
+    tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected, check_column_type=True)
 
 
 def test_loc_setitem_float_intindex():

pandas/tests/io/excel/test_writers.py

@@ -472,12 +472,12 @@ def test_int_types(self, np_type, path):
 
         # Test with convert_float=False comes back as float.
         float_frame = df.astype(float)
+        float_frame.columns = float_frame.columns.astype(float)
+        float_frame.index = float_frame.index.astype(float)
         recons = pd.read_excel(
             path, sheet_name="test1", convert_float=False, index_col=0
         )
-        tm.assert_frame_equal(
-            recons, float_frame, check_index_type=False, check_column_type=False
-        )
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(recons, float_frame)
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("np_type", [np.float16, np.float32, np.float64])
     def test_float_types(self, np_type, path):

pandas/tests/io/json/test_pandas.py

@@ -727,9 +727,7 @@ def test_series_with_dtype_datetime(self, dtype, expected):
     def test_frame_from_json_precise_float(self):
         df = DataFrame([[4.56, 4.56, 4.56], [4.56, 4.56, 4.56]])
         result = read_json(df.to_json(), precise_float=True)
-        tm.assert_frame_equal(
-            result, df, check_index_type=False, check_column_type=False
-        )
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(result, df)
 
     def test_typ(self):
 

pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_store.py

@@ -1631,16 +1631,12 @@ def check_col(key, name, size):
                 & (df_new.A > 0)
                 & (df_new.B < 0)
             ]
-            tm.assert_frame_equal(
-                result, expected, check_index_type=False, check_freq=False
-            )
+            tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
             # yield an empty frame
             result = store.select("df", "string='foo' and string2='cool'")
             expected = df_new[(df_new.string == "foo") & (df_new.string2 == "cool")]
-            tm.assert_frame_equal(
-                result, expected, check_index_type=False, check_freq=False
-            )
+            tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
         with ensure_clean_store(setup_path) as store:
             # doc example
@@ -1660,16 +1656,11 @@ def check_col(key, name, size):
             result = store.select("df_dc", "B>0")
 
             expected = df_dc[df_dc.B > 0]
-            tm.assert_frame_equal(
-                result, expected, check_index_type=False, check_freq=False
-            )
+            tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
             result = store.select("df_dc", ["B > 0", "C > 0", "string == foo"])
             expected = df_dc[(df_dc.B > 0) & (df_dc.C > 0) & (df_dc.string == "foo")]
-            tm.assert_frame_equal(
-                result, expected, check_index_type=False, check_freq=False
-            )
-            # FIXME: 2020-05-07 freq check randomly fails in the CI
+            tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
         with ensure_clean_store(setup_path) as store:
             # doc example part 2
@@ -2374,9 +2365,7 @@ def test_series(self, setup_path):
             ts3 = Series(
                 ts.values, Index(np.asarray(ts.index, dtype=object), dtype=object)
             )
-        self._check_roundtrip(
-            ts3, tm.assert_series_equal, path=setup_path, check_index_type=False
-        )
+        self._check_roundtrip(ts3, tm.assert_series_equal, path=setup_path)
 
     def test_float_index(self, setup_path):