REF: Avoid code duplication in RangeIndex.append

pandas/core/dtypes/common.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from .generic import (ABCCategorical, ABCPeriodIndex,
                       ABCDatetimeIndex, ABCSeries,
                       ABCSparseArray, ABCSparseSeries, ABCCategoricalIndex,
-                      ABCIndexClass)
+                      ABCIndexClass, ABCRangeIndex)
 from .inference import is_string_like
 from .inference import *  # noqa
 
@@ -220,6 +220,10 @@ def is_categorical(arr):
     return isinstance(arr, ABCCategorical) or is_categorical_dtype(arr)
 
 
+def is_range(arr):
+    return isinstance(arr, ABCRangeIndex)
+
+
 def is_datetimetz(arr):
     """
     Check whether an array-like is a datetime array-like with a timezone

pandas/core/dtypes/concat.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     is_object_dtype,
     is_bool_dtype,
     is_dtype_equal,
+    is_range,
     _NS_DTYPE,
     _TD_DTYPE)
 from pandas.core.dtypes.generic import (
@@ -45,6 +46,8 @@ def get_dtype_kinds(l):
             # if to_concat contains different tz,
             # the result must be object dtype
             typ = str(arr.dtype)
+        elif is_range(arr):
+            typ = 'range'
         elif is_datetime64_dtype(dtype):
             typ = 'datetime'
         elif is_timedelta64_dtype(dtype):
@@ -559,3 +562,38 @@ def convert_sparse(x, axis):
         # coerce to object if needed
         result = result.astype('object')
     return result
+
+
+def _concat_indexes_same_dtype_rangeindex(indexes):
+
+    start = step = next = None
+
+    for obj in indexes:
+        if not len(obj):
+            continue
+
+        if start is None:
+            # This is set by the first non-empty index
+            start = obj._start
+            if step is None and len(obj) > 1:
+                step = obj._step
+        elif step is None:
+            # First non-empty index had only one element
+            if obj._start == start:
+                return _concat_index_asobject(indexes)
+            step = obj._start - start
+
+        non_consecutive = ((step != obj._step and len(obj) > 1) or
+                           (next is not None and obj._start != next))
+        if non_consecutive:
+            # Not nice... but currently what happens in NumericIndex:
+            return _concat_index_asobject(indexes)
+
+        if step is not None:
+            next = obj[-1] + step
+
+    if start is None:
+        start = obj._start
+        step = obj._step
+    stop = obj._stop if next is None else next
+    return indexes[0].__class__(start, stop, step)

pandas/core/indexes/range.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from pandas.compat.numpy import function as nv
 from pandas.core.indexes.base import Index, _index_shared_docs
 from pandas.util._decorators import Appender, cache_readonly
+import pandas.core.dtypes.concat as _concat
 import pandas.core.indexes.base as ibase
 
 from pandas.core.indexes.numeric import Int64Index
@@ -443,62 +444,9 @@ def join(self, other, how='left', level=None, return_indexers=False,
         return super(RangeIndex, self).join(other, how, level, return_indexers,
                                             sort)
 
-    def append(self, other):
-        """
-        Append a collection of Index options together
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        other : Index or list/tuple of indices
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        appended : RangeIndex if all indexes are consecutive RangeIndexes,
-                   otherwise Int64Index or Index
-        """
-
-        to_concat = [self]
-
-        if isinstance(other, (list, tuple)):
-            to_concat = to_concat + list(other)
-        else:
-            to_concat.append(other)
-
-        if not all([isinstance(i, RangeIndex) for i in to_concat]):
-            return super(RangeIndex, self).append(other)
-
-        start = step = next = None
-
-        for obj in to_concat:
-            if not len(obj):
-                continue
-
-            if start is None:
-                # This is set by the first non-empty index
-                start = obj._start
-                if step is None and len(obj) > 1:
-                    step = obj._step
-            elif step is None:
-                # First non-empty index had only one element
-                if obj._start == start:
-                    return super(RangeIndex, self).append(other)
-                step = obj._start - start
-
-            non_consecutive = ((step != obj._step and len(obj) > 1) or
-                               (next is not None and obj._start != next))
-            if non_consecutive:
-                return super(RangeIndex, self).append(other)
-
-            if step is not None:
-                next = obj[-1] + step
-
-        if start is None:
-            start = obj._start
-            step = obj._step
-        stop = obj._stop if next is None else next
-        names = set([obj.name for obj in to_concat])
-        name = None if len(names) > 1 else self.name
-        return RangeIndex(start, stop, step, name=name)
+    def _append_same_dtype(self, indexes, name):
+        return _concat._concat_indexes_same_dtype_rangeindex(indexes
+                                                             ).rename(name)
 
     def __len__(self):
         """