@@ -60,6 +60,21 @@ New features
6060 - Clipboard functionality now works with PySide (:issue: `4282 `)
6161 - New ``extract `` string method returns regex matches more conveniently (:issue: `4685 `)
6262
63+ Experimental Features
64+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
65+
66+ - The new :func: `~pandas.eval ` function implements expression evaluation using
67+ ``numexpr `` behind the scenes. This results in large speedups for complicated
68+ expressions involving large DataFrames/Series.
69+ - :class: `~pandas.DataFrame ` has a new :meth: `~pandas.DataFrame.eval ` that
70+ evaluates an expression in the context of the ``DataFrame ``.
71+ - A :meth: `~pandas.DataFrame.query ` method has been added that allows
72+ you to select elements of a ``DataFrame `` using a natural query syntax nearly
73+ identical to Python syntax.
74+ - ``pd.eval `` and friends now evaluate operations involving ``datetime64 ``
75+ objects in Python space because ``numexpr `` cannot handle ``NaT `` values
76+ (:issue: `4897 `).
77+
6378Improvements to existing features
6479~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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@@ -327,21 +342,6 @@ See :ref:`Internal Refactoring<whatsnew_0130.refactoring>`
327342- Complex compat for ``Series `` with ``ndarray ``. (:issue: `4819 `)
328343- Removed unnecessary ``rwproperty `` from codebase in favor of builtin property. (:issue: `4843 `)
329344
330- Experimental Features
331- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
332-
333- - The new :func: `~pandas.eval ` function implements expression evaluation using
334- ``numexpr `` behind the scenes. This results in large speedups for complicated
335- expressions involving large DataFrames/Series.
336- - :class: `~pandas.DataFrame ` has a new :meth: `~pandas.DataFrame.eval ` that
337- evaluates an expression in the context of the ``DataFrame ``.
338- - A :meth: `~pandas.DataFrame.query ` method has been added that allows
339- you to select elements of a ``DataFrame `` using a natural query syntax nearly
340- identical to Python syntax.
341- - ``pd.eval `` and friends now evaluate operations involving ``datetime64 ``
342- objects in Python space because ``numexpr `` cannot handle ``NaT `` values
343- (:issue: `4897 `).
344-
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