Added FrozenList subtraction

doc/source/groupby.rst

@@ -126,6 +126,16 @@ We could naturally group by either the ``A`` or ``B`` columns or both:
    grouped = df.groupby('A')
    grouped = df.groupby(['A', 'B'])
 
+.. versionadded:: 0.20
+
+If we also have a MultiIndex on columns ``A`` and ``B``, we can group by all
+but the specified columns
+
+.. ipython:: python
+
+   df2 = df.set_index(['A', 'B'])
+   grouped = df2.groupby(level=df2.index.names.difference(['B'])
+
 These will split the DataFrame on its index (rows). We could also split by the
 columns:
 

doc/source/whatsnew/v0.20.0.txt

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Check the :ref:`API Changes <whatsnew_0200.api_breaking>` and :ref:`deprecations
 New features
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+- Added ``.difference()`` method for FrozenLists (:issue:`15475`)
+
 - Integration with the ``feather-format``, including a new top-level ``pd.read_feather()`` and ``DataFrame.to_feather()`` method, see :ref:`here <io.feather>`.
 - ``.str.replace`` now accepts a callable, as replacement, which is passed to ``re.sub`` (:issue:`15055`)
 
@@ -534,6 +536,8 @@ Deprecations
 - ``Series.sortlevel`` and ``DataFrame.sortlevel`` have been deprecated in favor of ``Series.sort_index`` and ``DataFrame.sort_index`` (:issue:`15099`)
 - importing ``concat`` from ``pandas.tools.merge`` has been deprecated in favor of imports from the ``pandas`` namespace. This should only affect explict imports (:issue:`15358`)
 - ``Series/DataFrame/Panel.consolidate()`` been deprecated as a public method. (:issue:`15483`)
+- ``FrozenList.__add__`` has been depricated. (:issue: `15475`)
+- ``FrozenList.__iadd__`` has been depricated. (:issue: `15475`)
 
 .. _whatsnew_0200.prior_deprecations:
 

pandas/indexes/frozen.py

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 from pandas.types.cast import _coerce_indexer_dtype
 from pandas.formats.printing import pprint_thing
 
+import warnings
+
 
 class FrozenList(PandasObject, list):
 
@@ -25,11 +27,14 @@ class FrozenList(PandasObject, list):
     #           typechecks
 
     def __add__(self, other):
+        warnings.warn("__add__ is deprecated, use union(...)", FutureWarning)
+        return self.union(other)
+
+    def __iadd__(self, other):
+        warnings.warn("__iadd__ is deprecated, use union(...)", FutureWarning)
         if isinstance(other, tuple):
             other = list(other)
-        return self.__class__(super(FrozenList, self).__add__(other))
-
-    __iadd__ = __add__
+        return super(FrozenList, self).__iadd__(other)
 
     # Python 2 compat
     def __getslice__(self, i, j):
@@ -80,6 +85,19 @@ def __repr__(self):
     __setitem__ = __setslice__ = __delitem__ = __delslice__ = _disabled
     pop = append = extend = remove = sort = insert = _disabled
 
+    def union(self, other):
+        """Returns a FrozenList with other concatenated to the end of self"""
+        if isinstance(other, tuple):
+            other = list(other)
+        return self.__class__(super(FrozenList, self).__add__(other))
+
+    def difference(self, other):
+        """Returns a FrozenList with the same elements as self, but with elements
+        that are also in other removed."""
+        other = set(other)
+        temp = [x for x in self if x not in other]
+        return self.__class__(temp)
+
 
 class FrozenNDArray(PandasObject, np.ndarray):
 

pandas/tests/indexes/test_frozen.py

@@ -15,20 +15,29 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.klass = FrozenList
 
     def test_add(self):
-        result = self.container + (1, 2, 3)
+        self.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning)
+
+    def test_iadd(self):
+        q = q1 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+        q = FrozenList(q)
+        q += [1, 2, 3]
+        expected = FrozenList(q1 + [1, 2, 3])
+        self.check_result(q, expected)
+
+    def test_union(self):
+        result = self.container.union((1, 2, 3))
         expected = FrozenList(self.lst + [1, 2, 3])
         self.check_result(result, expected)
 
-        result = (1, 2, 3) + self.container
-        expected = FrozenList([1, 2, 3] + self.lst)
+    def test_difference(self):
+        result = self.container.difference([2])
+        expected = FrozenList([1, 3, 4, 5])
         self.check_result(result, expected)
 
-    def test_inplace(self):
-        q = r = self.container
-        q += [5]
-        self.check_result(q, self.lst + [5])
-        # other shouldn't be mutated
-        self.check_result(r, self.lst)
+    def test_difference_dupe(self):
+        result = FrozenList([1, 2, 3, 2]).difference([2])
+        expected = FrozenList([1, 3])
+        self.check_result(result, expected)
 
 
 class TestFrozenNDArray(CheckImmutable, CheckStringMixin, tm.TestCase):