# Your code here
df = pd.DataFrame({'a': [1,2,3]}, index=[4,5,6])
df.loc[4, :]
Out[93]:
a 1
Name: 4, dtype: int64
df.index.values[0] = 10 # should raise
df
Out[95]:
a
10 1
5 2
6 3
df.loc[10, :]
KeyError: 'the label [10] is not in the [index]'
Problem description
Index.values should be read-only, otherwise the Index can get into an out-of-sync state like above where certain locations aren't find-able. Not a high priority as this is a pretty strange thing to do, but should be easy enough to set flags so this raises.
Expected Output
df.index._data.flags.writeable = False
df.index.values[0] = 1
ValueError: assignment destination is read-only
Output of pd.show_versions()
# Paste the output here pd.show_versions() here
INSTALLED VERSIONS
------------------
commit: None
python: 3.5.2.final.0
python-bits: 64
OS: Windows
OS-release: 7
machine: AMD64
processor: Intel64 Family 6 Model 78 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel
byteorder: little
LC_ALL: None
LANG: None
LOCALE: None.None
pandas: 0.20.1
pytest: 2.9.2
pip: 9.0.1
setuptools: 34.3.3
Cython: 0.24.1
numpy: 1.11.3
scipy: 0.19.0
xarray: 0.9.5
IPython: 5.1.0
sphinx: 1.3.1
patsy: 0.4.1
dateutil: 2.5.3
pytz: 2016.4
blosc: None
bottleneck: 1.1.0
tables: 3.2.2
numexpr: 2.6.2
feather: None
matplotlib: 2.0.0
openpyxl: 2.3.2
xlrd: 1.0.0
xlwt: 1.1.2
xlsxwriter: 0.9.2
lxml: 3.7.3
bs4: 4.5.3
html5lib: 0.999999999
sqlalchemy: 1.0.13
pymysql: None
psycopg2: 2.7.1 (dt dec pq3 ext lo64)
jinja2: 2.8
s3fs: None
pandas_gbq: None
pandas_datareader: 0.3.0.post
Comment From: phofl
closing in favour of #33001