id,node_id,number,title,user,state,locked,assignee,milestone,comments,created_at,updated_at,closed_at,author_association,active_lock_reason,draft,pull_request,body,reactions,performed_via_github_app,state_reason,repo,type
1319621859,I_kwDOAMm_X85Op9Tj,6837,Clarify difference between `.load()` and `.compute()`,4806877,open,0,,,8,2022-07-27T14:07:33Z,2022-07-27T22:30:22Z,,CONTRIBUTOR,,,,"### What is your issue?

I just realized that the difference between `.load()` and `.compute()` is that `.load()` operates inplace and `.compute()` returns a new xarray object.I have 2 suggestions for how this could be clearer:

1. Docs: the API docs for each method could reference the other.
2. Code: this might be too big a change, but maybe `.load()` should not return anything. Consider this example from pandas:
   ```python
   import pandas as pd

   df = pd.DataFrame({""air"": []})
   df.rename({""air"": ""foo""}, axis=1, inplace=True)
   # returns None since df is renamed inplace
   ```
   this matches the behavior of inplace actions in Python itself like `list.append` or `dict.update`. This would be a major breaking change though, and it might be easier to just remove `.load()` entirely.
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525970896,MDU6SXNzdWU1MjU5NzA4OTY=,3553,ENH: Plotting backend options,4806877,open,0,,,0,2019-11-20T17:54:45Z,2019-12-17T11:38:58Z,,CONTRIBUTOR,,,,"Since pandas has implemented entry_points based plotting backends, it seems reasonable that xarray would do the same. This would make it even easier to produce holoviews plots (rendered in bokeh via hvplot), by using the `plot` method rather than by importing hvplot directly.

#### Example
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```python
import xarray as xr
air = xr.tutorial.open_dataset('air_temperature').load().air
xr.options.plotting.backend = 'holoviews'

air.isel(time=500).plot()
```
<img width=""748"" alt=""Screen Shot 2019-11-20 at 12 44 26 PM"" src=""https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4806877/69263575-953b2200-0b93-11ea-9e00-959e6bbee79d.png"">
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