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1112365912 PR_kwDOAMm_X84xey-w 6187 to_netcdf: docstrings for compute parameter 57705593 closed 0     2 2022-01-24T09:14:01Z 2023-09-14T04:36:06Z 2023-09-14T04:36:06Z CONTRIBUTOR   0 pydata/xarray/pulls/6187

As discussed in #6174, closing and re-opening a file between calls of to_netcdf can be avoided by using compute=False. In case of many write operations on the same file (e.g. for many separate groups in a netCDF4 file), this often improves the performance significantly. This PR makes note of this effect in the docstrings so that users can learn about it without diving into the source code.

  • Unfortunately, it doesn't close #6174, because that issue also discusses the problem of obtaining a full list of all groups contained within a netCDF4 file when reading from that file.
  • Changes to the doc strings are not mentioned in whats-new.rst, are they?
 
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