From 6a6f13ebc9a3db0a3aafec50f25c03943709ff84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philipp A <flying-sheep@web.de>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 16:39:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow Range indices

---
 anndata/base.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/anndata/base.py b/anndata/base.py
index 7d2206117..e44e469fa 100644
--- a/anndata/base.py
+++ b/anndata/base.py
@@ -215,7 +215,10 @@ def _fix_shapes(X):
 
 
 def _normalize_index(index, names):
-    assert names.dtype != float and names.dtype != int, 'Don’t call _normalize_index with non-categorical/string names'
+    if not isinstance(names, RangeIndex):
+        assert names.dtype != float and names.dtype != int, \
+            'Don’t call _normalize_index with non-categorical/string names'
+
     # the following is insanely slow for sequences, we replaced it using pandas below
     def name_idx(i):
         if isinstance(i, str):