def _categories_equal(self, new_categories, **kwargs):
cur_categories = self._column.categories
if len(new_categories) != len(cur_categories):
return False
# if order doesn't matter, sort before the equals call below
if not kwargs.get("ordered", self.ordered):
from cudf.core.series import Series
cur_categories = Series(cur_categories).sort_values()
new_categories = Series(new_categories).sort_values()
return cur_categories.equals(new_categories)
