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BUG: query modifies the frame when you compare with = #8664

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@TomAugspurger

I messed up and used = instead of == in a query.

df = pd.DataFrame({'a': [1, 2, 3], 'b': ['a', 'b', 'c']})
df.query('a=1')

That raises a ValueError. But df was modified.

In [15]: df
Out[15]:
   a  b
0  1  a
1  1  b
2  1  c

versions:

pandas: 0.15.0-6-g403f38d
bottleneck: None
tables: None
numexpr: 2.3.1

Can't look right now.

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