BUG: Handle all-NA blocks in concat

pandas/core/internals.py

@@ -5391,7 +5391,8 @@ def is_uniform_join_units(join_units):
         # all blocks need to have the same type
         all(type(ju.block) is type(join_units[0].block) for ju in join_units) and  # noqa
         # no blocks that would get missing values (can lead to type upcasts)
-        all(not ju.is_na for ju in join_units) and
+        # unless we're an extension dtype.
+        all(not ju.is_na or ju.block.is_extension for ju in join_units) and
         # no blocks with indexers (as then the dimensions do not fit)
         all(not ju.indexers for ju in join_units) and
         # disregard Panels

pandas/tests/extension/base/reshaping.py

@@ -25,6 +25,21 @@ def test_concat(self, data, in_frame):
         assert dtype == data.dtype
         assert isinstance(result._data.blocks[0], ExtensionBlock)
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('in_frame', [True, False])
+    def test_concat_all_na_block(self, data_missing, in_frame):
+        valid_block = pd.Series(data_missing.take([1, 1]), index=[0, 1])
+        na_block = pd.Series(data_missing.take([0, 0]), index=[2, 3])
+        if in_frame:
+            valid_block = pd.DataFrame({"a": valid_block})
+            na_block = pd.DataFrame({"a": na_block})
+        result = pd.concat([valid_block, na_block])
+        if in_frame:
+            expected = pd.DataFrame({"a": data_missing.take([1, 1, 0, 0])})
+            self.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
+        else:
+            expected = pd.Series(data_missing.take([1, 1, 0, 0]))
+            self.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
     def test_align(self, data, na_value):
         a = data[:3]
         b = data[2:5]

pandas/tests/extension/decimal/test_decimal.py

@@ -36,31 +36,22 @@ def na_value():
 
 
 class BaseDecimal(object):
-    @staticmethod
-    def assert_series_equal(left, right, *args, **kwargs):
-        # tm.assert_series_equal doesn't handle Decimal('NaN').
-        # We will ensure that the NA values match, and then
-        # drop those values before moving on.
+
+    def assert_series_equal(self, left, right, *args, **kwargs):
 
         left_na = left.isna()
         right_na = right.isna()
 
         tm.assert_series_equal(left_na, right_na)
-        tm.assert_series_equal(left[~left_na], right[~right_na],
-                               *args, **kwargs)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def assert_frame_equal(left, right, *args, **kwargs):
-        # TODO(EA): select_dtypes
-        decimals = (left.dtypes == 'decimal').index
-
-        for col in decimals:
-            BaseDecimal.assert_series_equal(left[col], right[col],
-                                            *args, **kwargs)
-
-        left = left.drop(columns=decimals)
-        right = right.drop(columns=decimals)
-        tm.assert_frame_equal(left, right, *args, **kwargs)
+        return tm.assert_series_equal(left[~left_na],
+                                      right[~right_na],
+                                      *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def assert_frame_equal(self, left, right, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.assert_series_equal(left.dtypes, right.dtypes)
+        for col in left.columns:
+            self.assert_series_equal(left[col], right[col],
+                                     *args, **kwargs)
 
 
 class TestDtype(BaseDecimal, base.BaseDtypeTests):