From 9e6400b7d1f9d525b7f45e7b56874dc830c02d1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ashwin Srinath <3190405+shwina@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:38:07 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Describe unpickling expectations when cudf.pandas is enabled (#14693) Adds to the docs the unpickling expectations that were noted in #14692. Authors: - Ashwin Srinath (https://github.com/shwina) Approvers: - Matthew Roeschke (https://github.com/mroeschke) URL: https://github.com/rapidsai/cudf/pull/14693 --- docs/cudf/source/cudf_pandas/faq.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/cudf/source/cudf_pandas/faq.md b/docs/cudf/source/cudf_pandas/faq.md index bf9c2b98c2d..bbeaf0a5f00 100644 --- a/docs/cudf/source/cudf_pandas/faq.md +++ b/docs/cudf/source/cudf_pandas/faq.md @@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ There are a few known limitations that you should be aware of: pandas - `cudf.pandas` isn't compatible with directly using `import cudf` and is intended to be used with pandas-based workflows. +- Unpickling objects that were pickled with "regular" pandas will not + work: you must have pickled an object with `cudf.pandas` enabled for + it to be unpickled when `cudf.pandas` is enabled. - Global variables can be accessed but can't be modified during CPU-fallback ```python