def test_setops_preserve_object_dtype(self):
        idx = Index([1, 2, 3], dtype=object)
        result = idx.intersection(idx[1:])
        expected = idx[1:]
        tm.assert_index_equal(result, expected)

        # if other is not monotonic increasing, intersection goes through
        #  a different route
        result = idx.intersection(idx[1:][::-1])
        tm.assert_index_equal(result, expected)

        result = idx._union(idx[1:], sort=None)
        expected = idx
        tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected.values)

        result = idx.union(idx[1:], sort=None)
        tm.assert_index_equal(result, expected)

        # if other is not monotonic increasing, _union goes through
        #  a different route
        result = idx._union(idx[1:][::-1], sort=None)
        tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected.values)

        result = idx.union(idx[1:][::-1], sort=None)
        tm.assert_index_equal(result, expected)