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/pull/3502#issuecomment-553008854,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/3502,553008854,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDU1MzAwODg1NA==,13301940,2019-11-12T17:47:11Z,2019-11-12T17:47:11Z,MEMBER,"@dcherian & @shoyer, thank you both for your help! 

In which section(bug fixes? enhancements?) in `whats-new.rst` should I document these changes?","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,520306672
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/pull/3502#issuecomment-552744698,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/3502,552744698,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDU1Mjc0NDY5OA==,13301940,2019-11-12T05:47:26Z,2019-11-12T05:47:26Z,MEMBER,"@dcherian, 

> You'll have to convert back from the numpy array before exiting that function.

I was able to address this using @shoyer's suggestion above.  ","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,520306672
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/pull/3502#issuecomment-552049679,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/3502,552049679,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDU1MjA0OTY3OQ==,13301940,2019-11-09T01:13:22Z,2019-11-09T01:21:27Z,MEMBER,"@dcherian, what is the right way to do the type casting in `encode()`?

I thought of trying something along these lines:

```python
encoding[""missing_value""] = encoding[""missing_value""].astype(data.dtype)
```
However, I quickly realized that this breaks when `encoding[""missing_value""]` is not a numpy object. 


EDIT:

I will try using `np.asarray()`:

```python
encoding[""missing_value""] = np.asarray(encoding[""missing_value""]).astype(data.dtype)
```","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,520306672