```python In [23]: a = pd.Series(pd.SparseArray([1, 2, None, 2])) In [24]: b = a.to_sparse() In [25]: len(a), len(b) Out[25]: (4, 3) In [26]: b Out[26]: 0 1.0 1 2.0 2 2.0 3 dtype: float64 IntIndex Indices: array([0, 1, 2], dtype=int32) ``` Fixing in https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/pull/22325, this is to link from the release notes.