Cudf: [BUG] csv reader parameters `keep_default_na` and `na_values` not having the correct behaviour when used in combination

[galipremsagar]

Describe the bug
cudf.read_csv supports two parameters, keep_default_na and na_values. When these two parameters are used in combination they are expected to show a certain behavior in selecting/determining what is/are null values. Pandas doc has detail explanation of the behavior: https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/reference/api/pandas.read_csv.html
Here is the relevant part from the doc:

Case 1:
If keep_default_na is True, and na_values are specified, na_values is appended to the default NaN values used for parsing.

Case 2:
If keep_default_na is True, and na_values are not specified, only the default NaN values are used for parsing.

Case 3:
If keep_default_na is False, and na_values are specified, only the NaN values specified na_values are used for parsing.

Case 4:
If keep_default_na is False, and na_values are not specified, no strings will be parsed as NaN.

It looks like we are not actually respecting this set of rules(except case 1 & 2) in our csv reader. See the code sample below.

Steps/Code to reproduce bug

In[152]: import pandas as pd
In[153]: import io
In[154]: import cudf
In[155]: df = pd.DataFrame({'a':['fdsdf',None,'sdffds','','asdf']})
In[156]: csv_buf = df.to_csv()

# Case 3: Even when `keep_default_na` is False, the default set of pre-defined na values
# are not being ignored and the passed `na_values` is not being treated as a null value.

In[168]: pdf = pd.read_csv(io.StringIO(csv_buf), keep_default_na=False, na_values='asdf')
In[169]: gdf = cudf.read_csv(io.StringIO(csv_buf), keep_default_na=False, na_values='asdf')
In[170]: pdf
Out[170]: 
   Unnamed: 0       a
0           0   fdsdf
1           1        
2           2  sdffds
3           3        
4           4     NaN
In[171]: pdf['a'][1]
Out[171]: ''
In[172]: pdf['a'].isnull()
Out[172]: 
0    False
1    False
2    False
3    False
4     True
Name: a, dtype: bool
In[173]: gdf
Out[173]: 
   Unnamed: 0       a
0           0   fdsdf
1           1    <NA>
2           2  sdffds
3           3    <NA>
4           4    asdf
In[174]: gdf['a'][1]
In[175]: gdf['a'].isnull()
Out[175]: 
0    False
1     True
2    False
3     True
4    False
Name: a, dtype: bool

# Case 4: When `keep_default_na` is False, and `na_values` input is not given, there should be
# no null values at all, the empty places in csv will have to translate to empty strings ('').

In[182]: pdf = pd.read_csv(io.StringIO(csv_buf), keep_default_na=False)
In[183]: gdf = cudf.read_csv(io.StringIO(csv_buf), keep_default_na=False)
In[184]: pdf
Out[184]: 
   Unnamed: 0       a
0           0   fdsdf
1           1        
2           2  sdffds
3           3        
4           4    asdf
In[185]: pdf['a'][1]
Out[185]: ''
In[186]: pdf['a'].isnull()
Out[186]: 
0    False
1    False
2    False
3    False
4    False
Name: a, dtype: bool
In[187]: gdf
Out[187]: 
   Unnamed: 0       a
0           0   fdsdf
1           1    <NA>
2           2  sdffds
3           3    <NA>
4           4    asdf
In[188]: gdf['a'][1]
In[189]: gdf['a'].isnull()
Out[189]: 
0    False
1     True
2    False
3     True
4    False
Name: a, dtype: bool

Expected behavior
We should be following the above set of rules when these two parameters are used in combination and match pandas behavior.

Environment overview (please complete the following information)

• Environment location: [Bare-metal]
• Method of cuDF install: [from source]

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Additional context
Surfaced while running fuzz tests: #6001

[vuule]

@galipremsagar This should be the same as the other issue - have to use a list for now.

[galipremsagar]

@vuule, that partially solves the issue. Thus ruling out case 1. But case 3 & case 4 are still failing with the fix in this PR: https://github.com/rapidsai/cudf/pull/6693

I have updated the issue with failing cases.

[vuule]

Oh, I see now. This is very similar to https://github.com/rapidsai/cudf/issues/6682 - the empty fields are treated as null regardless of the parameters. I expect that these two issue can be addressed in one PR.

[vuule]

Now I see that empty string is actually one of the default NA values in Pandas. We don't have it in the default _na_values since we detect empty fields separately. This causes all inconsistent behavior here.
The cleanest solution would be to add the empty string to default _na_values and remove the special behavior for empty fields. Need to check if the trie we use to match NA values can support this.

[vuule]

This should have been closed via #6922. Closing now.