CLN: disallow tuple in to_offset

pandas/_libs/tslibs/offsets.pyx

@@ -3583,10 +3583,10 @@ cpdef to_offset(freq):
     >>> to_offset("1D1H")
     <25 * Hours>
 
-    >>> to_offset(("W", 2))
+    >>> to_offset("2W")
     <2 * Weeks: weekday=6>
 
-    >>> to_offset((2, "B"))
+    >>> to_offset("2B")
     <2 * BusinessDays>
 
     >>> to_offset(pd.Timedelta(days=1))
@@ -3602,12 +3602,9 @@ cpdef to_offset(freq):
         return freq
 
     if isinstance(freq, tuple):
-        name = freq[0]
-        stride = freq[1]
-        if isinstance(stride, str):
-            name, stride = stride, name
-        name, _ = base_and_stride(name)
-        delta = _get_offset(name) * stride
+        raise TypeError(
+            f"to_offset does not support tuples {freq}, pass as a string instead"
+        )
 
     elif isinstance(freq, timedelta):
         return delta_to_tick(freq)

pandas/tests/indexes/datetimes/test_constructors.py

@@ -946,10 +946,8 @@ def test_datetimeindex_constructor_misc(self):
         assert idx[0] == sdate + 0 * offsets.BDay()
         assert idx.freq == "B"
 
-        idx = date_range(end=edate, freq=("D", 5), periods=20)
-        assert len(idx) == 20
-        assert idx[-1] == edate
-        assert idx.freq == "5D"
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="pass as a string instead"):
+            date_range(end=edate, freq=("D", 5), periods=20)
 
         idx1 = date_range(start=sdate, end=edate, freq="W-SUN")
         idx2 = date_range(start=sdate, end=edate, freq=offsets.Week(weekday=6))

pandas/tests/indexes/period/test_constructors.py

@@ -463,11 +463,8 @@ def test_constructor(self):
         assert (i1 == i2).all()
         assert i1.freq == i2.freq
 
-        end_intv = Period("2006-12-31", ("w", 1))
-        i2 = period_range(end=end_intv, periods=10)
-        assert len(i1) == len(i2)
-        assert (i1 == i2).all()
-        assert i1.freq == i2.freq
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="pass as a string instead"):
+            Period("2006-12-31", ("w", 1))
 
         end_intv = Period("2005-05-01", "B")
         i1 = period_range(start=start, end=end_intv)

pandas/tests/indexes/period/test_period.py

@@ -172,12 +172,6 @@ def test_period_index_length(self):
         assert (i1 == i2).all()
         assert i1.freq == i2.freq
 
-        end_intv = Period("2006-12-31", ("w", 1))
-        i2 = period_range(end=end_intv, periods=10)
-        assert len(i1) == len(i2)
-        assert (i1 == i2).all()
-        assert i1.freq == i2.freq
-
         msg = "start and end must have same freq"
         with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=msg):
             period_range(start=start, end=end_intv)

pandas/tests/scalar/period/test_period.py

@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ def test_construction(self):
         i1 = Period("1982", freq="min")
         i2 = Period("1982", freq="MIN")
         assert i1 == i2
-        i2 = Period("1982", freq=("Min", 1))
-        assert i1 == i2
+
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="pass as a string instead"):
+            Period("1982", freq=("Min", 1))
 
         i1 = Period(year=2005, month=3, day=1, freq="D")
         i2 = Period("3/1/2005", freq="D")

pandas/tests/tslibs/test_to_offset.py

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     [
         (to_offset("10us"), offsets.Micro(10)),
         (offsets.Hour(), offsets.Hour()),
-        ((5, "T"), offsets.Minute(5)),
         ("2h30min", offsets.Minute(150)),
         ("2h 30min", offsets.Minute(150)),
         ("2h30min15s", offsets.Second(150 * 60 + 15)),
@@ -89,10 +88,16 @@ def test_to_offset_invalid(freqstr):
 
 
 def test_to_offset_no_evaluate():
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Could not evaluate"):
+    msg = str(("", ""))
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
         to_offset(("", ""))
 
 
+def test_to_offset_tuple_unsupported():
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="pass as a string instead"):
+        to_offset((5, "T"))
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "freqstr,expected",
     [