TST (string dtype): add explicit object vs str dtype to index fixture (pandas-dev#60116)

(cherry picked from commit 7bd594c)

Author: jorisvandenbossche

pandas/conftest.py

@@ -615,7 +615,8 @@ def _create_mi_with_dt64tz_level():
 
 
 indices_dict = {
-    "string": Index([f"pandas_{i}" for i in range(100)]),
+    "object": Index([f"pandas_{i}" for i in range(100)], dtype=object),
+    "string": Index([f"pandas_{i}" for i in range(100)], dtype="str"),
     "datetime": date_range("2020-01-01", periods=100),
     "datetime-tz": date_range("2020-01-01", periods=100, tz="US/Pacific"),
     "period": period_range("2020-01-01", periods=100, freq="D"),

pandas/tests/indexes/test_any_index.py

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def test_map_identity_mapping(index, request):
     # GH#12766
 
     result = index.map(lambda x: x)
-    if index.dtype == object and result.dtype == bool:
+    if index.dtype == object and result.dtype in [bool, "string"]:
         assert (index == result).all()
         # TODO: could work that into the 'exact="equiv"'?
         return  # FIXME: doesn't belong in this file anymore!

pandas/tests/indexes/test_old_base.py

@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ def test_ensure_copied_data(self, index):
                 "RangeIndex cannot be initialized from data, "
                 "MultiIndex and CategoricalIndex are tested separately"
             )
-        elif index.dtype == object and index.inferred_type == "boolean":
+        elif index.dtype == object and index.inferred_type in ["boolean", "string"]:
             init_kwargs["dtype"] = index.dtype
 
         index_type = type(index)

pandas/tests/indexes/test_setops.py

@@ -293,7 +293,13 @@ def test_difference_base(self, sort, index):
                 first.difference([1, 2, 3], sort)
 
     @pytest.mark.filterwarnings(r"ignore:PeriodDtype\[B\] is deprecated:FutureWarning")
-    def test_symmetric_difference(self, index):
+    def test_symmetric_difference(self, index, using_infer_string, request):
+        if (
+            using_infer_string
+            and index.dtype == "object"
+            and index.inferred_type == "string"
+        ):
+            request.applymarker(pytest.mark.xfail(reason="TODO: infer_string"))
         if isinstance(index, CategoricalIndex):
             pytest.skip(f"Not relevant for {type(index).__name__}")
         if len(index) < 2:

pandas/tests/test_algos.py

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ def test_factorize_complex(self):
         expected_uniques = np.array([(1 + 0j), (2 + 0j), (2 + 1j)], dtype=object)
         tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(uniques, expected_uniques)
 
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(using_string_dtype(), reason="TODO(infer_string)", strict=False)
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("sort", [True, False])
     def test_factorize(self, index_or_series_obj, sort):
         obj = index_or_series_obj