ENH add clearer error message when instance is passed instead of class #32888
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Reference Issues/PRs
Fixes #32719
What does this implement/fix? Explain your changes.
It adds a simple check to
Pipeline,FeatureUnionandColumnTransformerto raise a clearer error message if the user accidentally passed a class instead of an instance, and provides corresponding non-regression test.AI usage disclosure
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Any other comments?
As noted in my comment here, it could also be added to the existing
_validate_estimator()function in_BaseHeterogeneousEnsembleand its version inStackingClassifierin a follow-up PR. If I followed the class hierarchy correctly, then this would also catch this mistake inStackingClassifier,StackingRegressor,VotingClassifierandVotingRegressor. I didn't check the other meta-estimators yet.