added preser_root param

Author: NevroHelios

.gitignore

@@ -141,3 +141,6 @@ doc/source/savefig/
 # Pyodide/WASM related files #
 ##############################
 /.pyodide-xbuildenv-*
+
+local.py
+.venv/

doc/source/reference/extensions.rst

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ objects.
       api.extensions.ExtensionArray.isin
       api.extensions.ExtensionArray.isna
       api.extensions.ExtensionArray.ravel
+   api.extensions.ExtensionArray.map
       api.extensions.ExtensionArray.repeat
       api.extensions.ExtensionArray.searchsorted
       api.extensions.ExtensionArray.shift

pandas/core/arrays/arrow/array.py

@@ -1592,12 +1592,16 @@ def to_numpy(
             result[~mask] = data[~mask]._pa_array.to_numpy()
         return result
 
-    def map(self, mapper, na_action: Literal["ignore"] | None = None):
+    def map(self, mapper,
+            na_action: Literal["ignore"] | None = None,
+            preserve_dtype: bool = False):
         if is_numeric_dtype(self.dtype):
             result = map_array(self.to_numpy(), mapper, na_action=na_action)
-            return self._cast_pointwise_result(result)
+            if preserve_dtype:
+                result = self._cast_pointwise_result(result)
+            return result
         else:
-            return super().map(mapper, na_action)
+            return super().map(mapper, na_action, preserve_dtype=preserve_dtype)
 
     @doc(ExtensionArray.duplicated)
     def duplicated(

pandas/core/arrays/base.py

@@ -2510,7 +2510,9 @@ def __array_ufunc__(self, ufunc: np.ufunc, method: str, *inputs, **kwargs):
 
         return arraylike.default_array_ufunc(self, ufunc, method, *inputs, **kwargs)
 
-    def map(self, mapper, na_action: Literal["ignore"] | None = None):
+    def map(self, mapper, 
+            na_action: Literal["ignore"] | None = None,
+            preserve_dtype: bool = False):
         """
         Map values using an input mapping or function.
 
@@ -2522,6 +2524,12 @@ def map(self, mapper, na_action: Literal["ignore"] | None = None):
             If 'ignore', propagate NA values, without passing them to the
             mapping correspondence. If 'ignore' is not supported, a
             ``NotImplementedError`` should be raised.
+        preserve_dtype : bool, default False
+            If True, attempt to cast the elementwise result back to the
+            original ExtensionArray type (and dtype) when possible. This is
+            primarily intended for identity or dtype-preserving mappings.
+            If False, the result of the mapping is returned as produced by
+            the underlying implementation (typically a NumPy ndarray).
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -2531,7 +2539,9 @@ def map(self, mapper, na_action: Literal["ignore"] | None = None):
             a MultiIndex will be returned.
         """
         results = map_array(self, mapper, na_action=na_action)
-        return self._cast_pointwise_result(results)
+        if preserve_dtype:
+            results = self._cast_pointwise_result(results)
+        return results
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # GroupBy Methods

pandas/core/arrays/masked.py

@@ -1394,9 +1394,14 @@ def max(self, *, skipna: bool = True, axis: AxisInt | None = 0, **kwargs):
         )
         return self._wrap_reduction_result("max", result, skipna=skipna, axis=axis)
 
-    def map(self, mapper, na_action: Literal["ignore"] | None = None):
+    def map(self, mapper, 
+            na_action: Literal["ignore"] | None = None,
+            preserve_dtype: bool = False):
+        """See ExtensionArray.map."""
         result = map_array(self.to_numpy(), mapper, na_action=na_action)
-        return self._cast_pointwise_result(result)
+        if preserve_dtype:
+            result = self._cast_pointwise_result(result)
+        return result
 
     @overload
     def any(