BUG: loc casting to float for scalar with MultiIndex df
- [x] closes #41369
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In theory this would solve the issue, but I am not sure if this is desirable. We cast the row to a series, which forces the dtype conversion. If we loop in reverse we retrieve a column as a series which would avoid the conversion. Would you mind having a look @jbrockmendel ?
can you rebase Done @jreback greenish, failure unrelated @phofl can you merge master to resolve conflicts yeah this looks good (just resolved conflicts) merged master Thanks @phofl 