Pandas str.split expand by row

Problem description

Currently, setting expand=True in str.split just creates new columns. While there is a solution here to expand row-wise, it would be much more convenient if we could specify either 'rows' or 'columns' to the expand kwarg.

Comment From: WillAyd

I'm -1 here; I don't think this belong as a keyword as it can be accomplished generally with reshaping

Comment From: mroeschke

Thanks for the suggestion but given the lack of discussion and interest from the core team looks like this won't happen. Closing