html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,performed_via_github_app,issue https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/7630#issuecomment-1479748005,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/7630,1479748005,IC_kwDOAMm_X85YMyml,2448579,2023-03-22T15:10:54Z,2023-03-22T15:10:54Z,MEMBER,"Did you try to assign to `nc`? If so, then yes `expand_dims` creates a ""view"" so no new memory is used up. This works really well for read-only usecases. To write to that array, you'll need to copy.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,1624560934