test using pip instead of setup.py

Author: aschonfeld

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -153,24 +153,7 @@ python: &python
           command: |
             virtualenv ci
             . ci/bin/activate
-            # xlrd & xarray do not load correctly from "python setup.py develop"
-            # possibly switch this script to use "pip install -r requirements.txt"
-            pip install pillow
-            pip install xlrd
-            pip install xarray
-            if [ "${CIRCLE_JOB}" == "build_3_10" ]; then
-              pip install pybind11
-              pip install -r requirements.txt
-            fi
-            # dash>=2.0.0 has a dependency on typing_extensions>=3.6.4 and for some reason circleci allows you to
-            # download versions greater than 4.1.1 which aren't compatible with python 3.6
-            if [ "${CIRCLE_JOB}" == "build_3_6" ]; then
-              pip install typing_extensions==4.1.1
-              pip install soupsieve==2.3.2
-            fi
-            if [ "${CIRCLE_JOB}" == "build_3_8" ]; then
-              pip install contourpy
-            fi
+            pip install -r requirements.txt
             python setup.py develop
       - run:
           name: Print environment

dtale/views.py

@@ -4439,12 +4439,19 @@ def load_arcticdb_description():
             sorted(description.columns, key=lambda c: c.name),
         )
     )
+
+    if isinstance(description.index, (list, tuple)):
+        description_index = [(i.name, i.dtype) for i in description.index]
+    elif description.index is None:
+        description_index = []
+    else:
+        description_index = list(zip(description.index.name, description.index.dtype))
     index = list(
         map(
             lambda i: "{} ({})".format(
                 i[0], _TYPEDESCRIPTOR_VALUETYPE.values[i[1].value_type].name
             ),
-            zip(description.index.name, description.index.dtype),
+            description_index,
         )
     )
     rows = description.row_count

requirements.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-lz4<=2.2.1; python_version < '3.0'
-lz4<=3.1.10; python_version < '3.6'
+lz4<=2.2.1; python_version == '2.7'
+lz4<=3.1.10; python_version == '3.6'
 lz4; python_version > '3.6'
 beautifulsoup4!=4.13.0b2; python_version > '3.0'
 beautifulsoup4<=4.9.3; python_version == '2.7'