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Description
Changes it to tuples instead (so it's probably just converting to list or going to values somewhere)
In [9]: df = DataFrame(list(zip(range(3), range(3), range(3), range(3))))
In [10]: ind = MultiIndex.from_arrays([['x', 'y', 'z'], [4, 4, 5]], names=['ind1', 'ind2'])
In [11]: df.set_index(ind)
Out[11]:
0 1 2 3
(x, 4) 0 0 0 0
(y, 4) 1 1 1 1
(z, 5) 2 2 2 2
In [12]: df.reindex(ind) # works
Out[12]:
0 1 2 3
ind1 ind2
x 4 NaN NaN NaN NaN
y 4 NaN NaN NaN NaN
z 5 NaN NaN NaN NaN
In [13]: df2 = df.copy()
In [14]: df2.index = ind # works too
In [15]: df2
Out[15]:
0 1 2 3
ind1 ind2
x 4 0 0 0 0
y 4 1 1 1 1
z 5 2 2 2 2