feature #58141: Consistent naming conventions for string dtype aliases

pandas/__init__.py

@@ -42,6 +42,25 @@
 # let init-time option registration happen
 import pandas.core.config_init  # pyright: ignore[reportUnusedImport] # noqa: F401
 
+# Import the new factory functions
+from pandas.core.dtypes.factory import (
+    boolean,
+    categorical,
+    date,
+    datetime,
+    decimal,
+    duration,
+    floating,
+    integer,
+    interval,
+    list_dtype,
+    map,
+    period,
+    sparse,
+    string,
+    struct,
+)
+
 from pandas.core.api import (
     # dtype
     ArrowDtype,
@@ -281,24 +300,35 @@
     "array",
     "arrays",
     "bdate_range",
+    "boolean",
+    "categorical",
     "concat",
     "crosstab",
     "cut",
+    "date",
     "date_range",
+    "datetime",
+    "decimal",
     "describe_option",
+    "duration",
     "errors",
     "eval",
     "factorize",
+    "floating",
     "from_dummies",
     "get_dummies",
     "get_option",
     "infer_freq",
+    "integer",
+    "interval",
     "interval_range",
     "io",
     "isna",
     "isnull",
     "json_normalize",
+    "list_dtype",
     "lreshape",
+    "map",
     "melt",
     "merge",
     "merge_asof",
@@ -308,6 +338,7 @@
     "offsets",
     "option_context",
     "options",
+    "period",
     "period_range",
     "pivot",
     "pivot_table",
@@ -337,6 +368,9 @@
     "set_eng_float_format",
     "set_option",
     "show_versions",
+    "sparse",
+    "string",
+    "struct",
     "test",
     "testing",
     "timedelta_range",