From 15fb45eb119fc80dc32911a9bd01b7df8d4b83f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: perezgonzalez-irene <iregon@noc.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 10:45:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Decoders output type in now only object

---
 common/decoders.py | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/common/decoders.py b/common/decoders.py
index af3b110..66ece67 100644
--- a/common/decoders.py
+++ b/common/decoders.py
@@ -58,17 +58,15 @@ def signed_overpunch_i(x):
 
 class df_decoders():
     def __init__(self, dtype):
-        self.dtype = dtype if dtype in properties.numeric_types else 'object'
+        # Return as object, conversion to actual type in converters only!
+        self.dtype = 'object'
     def signed_overpunch(self, data ):
         decoded_numeric = np.vectorize(signed_overpunch_i,otypes=[float])(data)
         return pd.Series(decoded_numeric,dtype = self.dtype)
 
     def base36(self, data):
         # Caution: int(str(np.nan),36) ==> 30191
-        if self.dtype == 'object' : 
-            base10 = [ str(int(str(i), 36)) if i == i and i else np.nan for i in data ]
-        else:
-            base10 = [ int(str(i), 36) if i == i and i else np.nan for i in data ]
+        base10 = [ str(int(str(i), 36)) if i == i and i else np.nan for i in data ]
             
         return pd.Series(base10,dtype = self.dtype)
 
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