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/627#issuecomment-808803856,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/627,808803856,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDgwODgwMzg1Ng==,14808389,2021-03-27T21:19:33Z,2021-03-27T21:19:33Z,MEMBER,it seems this should have been closed by #4759 (bisecting reveals that as the first good commit),"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,111795064 https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/627#issuecomment-808802157,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/627,808802157,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDgwODgwMjE1Nw==,1322974,2021-03-27T21:04:20Z,2021-03-27T21:04:20Z,CONTRIBUTOR,"I have not used xarray recently, so I have no opinion there.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,111795064 https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/627#issuecomment-808797080,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/627,808797080,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDgwODc5NzA4MA==,13301940,2021-03-27T20:20:47Z,2021-03-27T20:20:47Z,MEMBER,"This issue appears to have been resolved: ```python In [1]: import xarray as xr In [2]: import numpy as np In [3]: ds = xr.Dataset({""1"": xr.DataArray(np.zeros(3), dims=[""a""], coords={""a"": list(""xyz"")})}) In [4]: ds Out[4]: <xarray.Dataset> Dimensions: (a: 3) Coordinates: * a (a) <U1 'x' 'y' 'z' Data variables: 1 (a) float64 0.0 0.0 0.0 In [5]: ds[""2""] = xr.DataArray(np.zeros(2), dims=[""a""], coords={""a"": list(""xy"")}) In [6]: ds Out[6]: <xarray.Dataset> Dimensions: (a: 3) Coordinates: * a (a) <U1 'x' 'y' 'z' Data variables: 1 (a) float64 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 (a) float64 0.0 0.0 nan ``` I tested this with ```python xarray: 0.17.0 pandas: 1.2.3 numpy: 1.20.1 ``` Should we close this? ","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,111795064 https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/627#issuecomment-468911836,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/627,468911836,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDQ2ODkxMTgzNg==,1322974,2019-03-02T11:24:39Z,2019-03-02T11:24:39Z,CONTRIBUTOR,"I don't know whether it's pandas or xarray's fault, but the behavior is definitely still present.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,111795064 https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/627#issuecomment-468864681,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/627,468864681,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDQ2ODg2NDY4MQ==,5635139,2019-03-02T01:11:09Z,2019-03-02T01:11:09Z,MEMBER,"If this isn't an upstream pandas issue, let's reopen (I'm not sure why @stalebot closed this - looks like it's not respecting the comments?)","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,111795064 https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/627#issuecomment-459160754,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/627,459160754,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDQ1OTE2MDc1NA==,5635139,2019-01-31T00:01:55Z,2019-01-31T00:01:55Z,MEMBER,"Given that this is an index, are we dependent on pandas here?","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,111795064 https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/627#issuecomment-459157183,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/627,459157183,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDQ1OTE1NzE4Mw==,1322974,2019-01-30T23:46:43Z,2019-01-30T23:46:43Z,CONTRIBUTOR,The bug is still valid.,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,111795064 https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/627#issuecomment-459115467,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/627,459115467,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDQ1OTExNTQ2Nw==,26384082,2019-01-30T21:26:00Z,2019-01-30T21:26:00Z,NONE,"In order to maintain a list of currently relevant issues, we mark issues as stale after a period of inactivity If this issue remains relevant, please comment here; otherwise it will be marked as closed automatically ","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,111795064 https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/627#issuecomment-148803581,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/627,148803581,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDE0ODgwMzU4MQ==,1322974,2015-10-16T18:44:51Z,2015-10-16T18:44:51Z,CONTRIBUTOR,"object arrays look fine to me, but I don't have a strong opinion either. ","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,111795064 https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/627#issuecomment-148784572,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/627,148784572,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDE0ODc4NDU3Mg==,1217238,2015-10-16T17:51:56Z,2015-10-16T17:51:56Z,MEMBER,"Thanks for the report -- this does seem like a bug to me. We do end up converting from fixed width strings to object quite often (to get around limitations of NumPy's strings), but adding in a variable should not change the type of any existing variables. It's possible the best fix here will be to convert all string arrays into an object type as soon as they are loaded into xray objects. ","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,111795064