fix: enforce recomputation of description sets

src/pandas_profiling/compare_reports.py

@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ def _apply_config(description: dict, config: Settings) -> dict:
 def compare(
  reports: List[ProfileReport],
  config: Optional[Settings] = None,
+ compute: bool = True,
 ) -> ProfileReport:
  """
  Compare Profile reports
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ def compare(
  reports: two reports to compare
  input may either be a ProfileReport, or the summary obtained from report.get_description()
  config: the settings object for the merged ProfileReport
+ compute: recompute the profile report using config or the left report config
 
  """
  validate_reports(reports)
@@ -243,7 +245,7 @@ def compare(
  return reports[0]
 
  if config is None:
- _config = Settings()
+ _config = reports[0].config.copy()
  else:
  _config = config.copy()
  for report in reports:
@@ -252,6 +254,8 @@ def compare(
  report.config = config.copy()
  report.config.title = title
  report.config.vars.timeseries.active = tsmode
+ if compute:
+ report._description_set = None
 
  if all(isinstance(report, ProfileReport) for report in reports):
  # Type ignore is needed as mypy does not pick up on the type narrowing