Return the union or intersection of indexes.

    Parameters
    ----------
    indexes : list of Index or list objects
        When intersect=True, do not accept list of lists.
    intersect : bool, default False
        If True, calculate the intersection between indexes. Otherwise,
        calculate the union.
    sort : bool, default False
        Whether the result index should come out sorted or not.

    Returns
    -------
    Index

def _get_combined_index(indexes, intersect=False, sort=False):
    """
    Return the union or intersection of indexes.

    Parameters
    ----------
    indexes : list of Index or list objects
        When intersect=True, do not accept list of lists.
    intersect : bool, default False
        If True, calculate the intersection between indexes. Otherwise,
        calculate the union.
    sort : bool, default False
        Whether the result index should come out sorted or not.

    Returns
    -------
    Index
    """

    # TODO: handle index names!
    indexes = _get_distinct_objs(indexes)
    if len(indexes) == 0:
        index = Index([])
    elif len(indexes) == 1:
        index = indexes[0]
    elif intersect:
        index = indexes[0]
        for other in indexes[1:]:
            index = index.intersection(other)
    else:
        index = _union_indexes(indexes, sort=sort)
        index = ensure_index(index)

    if sort:
        try:
            index = index.sort_values()
        except TypeError:
            pass
    return index