Backport PR #45432: REGR: DataFrame(dict) missing columns should not be views (#45446)

Co-authored-by: jbrockmendel <[email protected]>

Author: meeseeksmachine

pandas/core/internals/construction.py

@@ -466,7 +466,13 @@ def dict_to_mgr(
                 # GH#1783
                 nan_dtype = np.dtype("object")
                 val = construct_1d_arraylike_from_scalar(np.nan, len(index), nan_dtype)
-                arrays.loc[missing] = [val] * missing.sum()
+                nmissing = missing.sum()
+                if copy:
+                    rhs = [val] * nmissing
+                else:
+                    # GH#45369
+                    rhs = [val.copy() for _ in range(nmissing)]
+                arrays.loc[missing] = rhs
 
         arrays = list(arrays)
         columns = ensure_index(columns)

pandas/tests/frame/test_constructors.py

@@ -2648,6 +2648,23 @@ def test_error_from_2darray(self, col_a, col_b):
         with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=msg):
             DataFrame({"a": col_a, "b": col_b})
 
+    def test_from_dict_with_missing_copy_false(self):
+        # GH#45369 filled columns should not be views of one another
+        df = DataFrame(index=[1, 2, 3], columns=["a", "b", "c"], copy=False)
+        assert not np.shares_memory(df["a"]._values, df["b"]._values)
+
+        df.iloc[0, 0] = 0
+        expected = DataFrame(
+            {
+                "a": [0, np.nan, np.nan],
+                "b": [np.nan, np.nan, np.nan],
+                "c": [np.nan, np.nan, np.nan],
+            },
+            index=[1, 2, 3],
+            dtype=object,
+        )
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(df, expected)
+
 
 class TestDataFrameConstructorIndexInference:
     def test_frame_from_dict_of_series_overlapping_monthly_period_indexes(self):