Preserve column metadata during more DataFrame operations

python/cudf/cudf/core/column_accessor.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import itertools
+import sys
 from collections import abc
 from functools import cached_property, reduce
 from typing import (
@@ -174,6 +175,38 @@ def __repr__(self) -> str:
         )
         return f"{type_info}\n{column_info}"
 
+    def _from_columns_like_self(
+        self, columns: abc.Iterable[ColumnBase], verify: bool = True
+    ):
+        """
+        Return a new ColumnAccessor with columns and the properties of self.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        columns : iterable of Columns
+            New columns for the ColumnAccessor.
+        verify : bool, optional
+            Whether to verify column length and type.
+        """
+        if sys.version_info.major >= 3 and sys.version_info.minor >= 10:
+            data = zip(self.names, columns, strict=True)
+        else:
+            columns = list(columns)
+            if len(columns) != len(self.names):
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"The number of columns ({len(columns)}) must match "
+                    f"the number of existing column labels ({len(self.names)})."
+                )
+            data = zip(self.names, columns)
+        return type(self)(
+            data=dict(data),
+            multiindex=self.multiindex,
+            level_names=self.level_names,
+            rangeindex=self.rangeindex,
+            label_dtype=self.label_dtype,
+            verify=verify,
+        )
+
     @property
     def level_names(self) -> Tuple[Any, ...]:
         if self._level_names is None or len(self._level_names) == 0:

python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py

@@ -3036,8 +3036,11 @@ def where(self, cond, other=None, inplace=False):
 
         # First process the condition.
         if isinstance(cond, Series):
-            cond = self._from_data_like_self(
-                {name: cond._column for name in self._column_names},
+            cond = self._from_data(
+                self._data._from_columns_like_self(
+                    itertools.repeat(cond._column, len(self._column_names)),
+                    verify=False,
+                )
             )
         elif hasattr(cond, "__cuda_array_interface__"):
             cond = DataFrame(
@@ -3078,7 +3081,7 @@ def where(self, cond, other=None, inplace=False):
                 should be equal to number of columns of self"""
             )
 
-        out = {}
+        out = []
         for (name, col), other_col in zip(self._data.items(), other_cols):
             col, other_col = _check_and_cast_columns_with_other(
                 source_col=col,
@@ -3091,16 +3094,17 @@ def where(self, cond, other=None, inplace=False):
                     col, other_col, cond_col
                 )
 
-                out[name] = _make_categorical_like(result, self._data[name])
+                out.append(_make_categorical_like(result, self._data[name]))
             else:
                 out_mask = cudf._lib.null_mask.create_null_mask(
                     len(col),
                     state=cudf._lib.null_mask.MaskState.ALL_NULL,
                 )
-                out[name] = col.set_mask(out_mask)
+                out.append(col.set_mask(out_mask))
 
         return self._mimic_inplace(
-            self._from_data_like_self(out), inplace=inplace
+            self._from_data_like_self(self._data._from_columns_like_self(out)),
+            inplace=inplace,
         )
 
     @docutils.doc_apply(

python/cudf/cudf/core/frame.py

@@ -1120,7 +1120,9 @@ def isna(self):
         array([False, False,  True,  True, False, False])
         """
         data_columns = (col.isnull() for col in self._columns)
-        return self._from_data_like_self(zip(self._column_names, data_columns))
+        return self._from_data_like_self(
+            self._data._from_columns_like_self(data_columns)
+        )
 
     # Alias for isna
     isnull = isna
@@ -1199,7 +1201,9 @@ def notna(self):
         array([ True,  True, False, False,  True,  True])
         """
         data_columns = (col.notnull() for col in self._columns)
-        return self._from_data_like_self(zip(self._column_names, data_columns))
+        return self._from_data_like_self(
+            self._data._from_columns_like_self(data_columns)
+        )
 
     # Alias for notna
     notnull = notna
@@ -1506,7 +1510,9 @@ def _encode(self):
     @_cudf_nvtx_annotate
     def _unaryop(self, op):
         data_columns = (col.unary_operator(op) for col in self._columns)
-        return self._from_data_like_self(zip(self._column_names, data_columns))
+        return self._from_data_like_self(
+            self._data._from_columns_like_self(data_columns)
+        )
 
     @classmethod
     @_cudf_nvtx_annotate
@@ -1638,12 +1644,14 @@ def _apply_cupy_ufunc_to_operands(
     def __neg__(self):
         """Negate for integral dtypes, logical NOT for bools."""
         return self._from_data_like_self(
-            {
-                name: col.unary_operator("not")
-                if is_bool_dtype(col.dtype)
-                else -1 * col
-                for name, col in self._data.items()
-            }
+            self._data._from_columns_like_self(
+                (
+                    col.unary_operator("not")
+                    if col.dtype.kind == "b"
+                    else -1 * col
+                    for col in self._data.columns
+                )
+            )
         )
 
     @_cudf_nvtx_annotate
@@ -1897,10 +1905,9 @@ def __copy__(self):
     def __invert__(self):
         """Bitwise invert (~) for integral dtypes, logical NOT for bools."""
         return self._from_data_like_self(
-            {
-                name: _apply_inverse_column(col)
-                for name, col in self._data.items()
-            }
+            self._data._from_columns_like_self(
+                (_apply_inverse_column(col) for col in self._data.columns)
+            )
         )
 
     @_cudf_nvtx_annotate

python/cudf/cudf/core/indexed_frame.py

@@ -1903,13 +1903,15 @@ def nans_to_nulls(self):
         1  <NA>  3.14
         2  <NA>  <NA>
         """
-        result_data = {}
-        for name, col in self._data.items():
-            try:
-                result_data[name] = col.nans_to_nulls()
-            except AttributeError:
-                result_data[name] = col.copy()
-        return self._from_data_like_self(result_data)
+        result = (
+            col.nans_to_nulls()
+            if isinstance(col, cudf.core.column.NumericalColumn)
+            else col.copy()
+            for col in self._data.columns
+        )
+        return self._from_data_like_self(
+            self._data._from_columns_like_self(result)
+        )
 
     def _copy_type_metadata(
         self,

python/cudf/cudf/core/multiindex.py

@@ -2088,6 +2088,8 @@ def _split_columns_by_levels(self, levels):
         return data_columns, index_columns, data_names, index_names
 
     def repeat(self, repeats, axis=None):
-        return self._from_columns_like_self(
-            Frame._repeat([*self._columns], repeats, axis), self._column_names
+        return self._from_data(
+            self._data._from_columns_like_self(
+                super()._repeat([*self._columns], repeats, axis)
+            )
         )

python/cudf/cudf/core/series.py

@@ -3654,7 +3654,9 @@ def pct_change(
     def where(self, cond, other=None, inplace=False):
         result_col = super().where(cond, other, inplace)
         return self._mimic_inplace(
-            self._from_data_like_self({self.name: result_col}),
+            self._from_data_like_self(
+                self._data._from_columns_like_self([result_col])
+            ),
             inplace=inplace,
         )
 

python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_dataframe.py

@@ -10986,3 +10986,23 @@ def test_squeeze(axis, data):
     result = df.squeeze(axis=axis)
     expected = df.to_pandas().squeeze(axis=axis)
     assert_eq(result, expected)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("column", [range(1), np.array([1], dtype=np.int8)])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "operation",
+    [
+        lambda df: df.where(df < 2, 2),
+        lambda df: df.nans_to_nulls(),
+        lambda df: df.isna(),
+        lambda df: df.notna(),
+        lambda df: abs(df),
+        lambda df: -df,
+        lambda df: ~df,
+    ],
+)
+def test_op_preserves_column_metadata(column, operation):
+    df = cudf.DataFrame([1], columns=cudf.Index(column))
+    result = operation(df).columns
+    expected = pd.Index(column)
+    pd.testing.assert_index_equal(result, expected, exact=True)