• correcting handling asserts
  • replacing assert condition with the pattern
    if not condition: raise AssertionError()

The PR JuliaData/CategoricalArrays.jl#310 means that an array with elements of type Symbol can no longer be wrapped as a CategoricalArray.

This means all MLJ documentation and test code that uses symbols in categorical data must be refactored to use strings instead.

These repos, at least, need checking/refactoring, in order of priority:

• MLJ

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