.. _whatsnew_0702: Version 0.7.2 (March 16, 2012) ------------------------------ {{ header }} This release targets bugs in 0.7.1, and adds a few minor features. New features ~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Add additional tie-breaking methods in DataFrame.rank (:issue:`874`) - Add ascending parameter to rank in Series, DataFrame (:issue:`875`) - Add coerce_float option to DataFrame.from_records (:issue:`893`) - Add sort_columns parameter to allow unsorted plots (:issue:`918`) - Enable column access via attributes on GroupBy (:issue:`882`) - Can pass dict of values to DataFrame.fillna (:issue:`661`) - Can select multiple hierarchical groups by passing list of values in .ix (:issue:`134`) - Add ``axis`` option to DataFrame.fillna (:issue:`174`) - Add level keyword to ``drop`` for dropping values from a level (:issue:`159`) Performance improvements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Use khash for Series.value_counts, add raw function to algorithms.py (:issue:`861`) - Intercept __builtin__.sum in groupby (:issue:`885`) .. _whatsnew_0.7.2.contributors: Contributors ~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. contributors:: v0.7.1..v0.7.2