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PolynomialFeatures' docstring does not mention that sparse data is allowed for fit

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Describe the issue linked to the documentation

The docs for PolynomialFeatures.fit() does not mention that sparse data is allowed. The same holds true for fit_transform.

Suggest a potential alternative/fix

The docs for PolynomialFeatures.fit() and PolynomialFeatures.fit_transform() mention that sparse data is allowed.

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Created 4 years ago
Comments:11 (11 by maintainers)

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mfeurercommented, Mar 5, 2020

This appears to be the case for some other such as (I didn’t check all sklearn classes):

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amuellercommented, Mar 5, 2020

there should probably be a tag and we should test consistency of tag and documentation and actual behavior, right?

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