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904934839 MDExOlB1bGxSZXF1ZXN0NjU2MDQ5NDcx 5394 Allow selecting variables using a list with mixed data types 22245117 closed 0     2 2021-05-28T08:24:23Z 2021-06-21T08:53:29Z 2021-06-12T17:44:05Z CONTRIBUTOR   0 pydata/xarray/pulls/5394
  • [x] Closes #5387
  • [x] Tests added
  • [x] Passes pre-commit run --all-files
  • [ ] User visible changes (including notable bug fixes) are documented in whats-new.rst

Lists passed to __getitem__ are converted to arrays. np.asarray infers the dtype, and for example converts a list with str and int to an array of str. Forcing dtype="O" fixes the issue.

 
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