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https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/3939#issuecomment-611332624,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/3939,611332624,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDYxMTMzMjYyNA==,35968931,2020-04-09T05:14:46Z,2020-04-09T05:14:46Z,MEMBER,"> There may also be functions that check whether arguments are callable (where / assign) that would break.

I didn't think of this one.

These are all good reasons - I was just kind of idly wondering :man_shrugging:

Will close now.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,594688816
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/3939#issuecomment-611322614,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/3939,611322614,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDYxMTMyMjYxNA==,1217238,2020-04-09T04:33:41Z,2020-04-09T04:33:41Z,MEMBER,"I'm pretty happy with the `.sel()` API. One major advantage over using `__call__` is that you can Google search for something like ""xarray sel"" and get sensible results.

The main downside is that you can't use it for assignment, but that wouldn't be solved by overriding `__call__` either.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,594688816
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/3939#issuecomment-609556676,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/3939,609556676,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDYwOTU1NjY3Ng==,5635139,2020-04-06T04:20:23Z,2020-04-06T04:31:05Z,MEMBER,"Thanks for the suggestion @TomNicholas 

I’d be -0.5 on this; it’s unpythonic given it’s not a call, and I do think it’s generally worth being consistent with the wider language.

There may also be functions that check whether arguments are callable (`where` / `assign`) that would break.

I also think our current solution of `.sel` is pretty good. If there’s demand for `.loc(x=2)`, that would less intrusive than on the main object. 

","{""total_count"": 3, ""+1"": 3, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,594688816
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/3939#issuecomment-609558708,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/3939,609558708,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDYwOTU1ODcwOA==,6815844,2020-04-06T04:29:19Z,2020-04-06T04:29:19Z,MEMBER,"Agreed with @max-sixty. 
I also like `sel` and `isel` as they are clearly distinguishable.
It is not clear to me if parenthesis corresponds to `sel` or `isel`.

For me, the largest drawback of `sel` and `isel` is the fact that autocompleters can not suggest the dimension names (it is another issue though)","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,594688816