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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 likelist.appendordict.update. This would be a major breaking change though, and it might be easier to just remove.load()` entirely.

 
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