Fix deepcopy of Variables and DataArrays

doc/whats-new.rst

@@ -42,70 +42,68 @@ Deprecations
 Bug fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~
 
-- Allow reading netcdf files where the 'units' attribute is a number(:pull:`7085`)
+- Allow reading netcdf files where the 'units' attribute is a number. (:pull:`7085`)
   By `Ghislain Picard <https://github.com/ghislainp>`_.
-- Allow decoding of 0 sized datetimes(:issue:`1329`, :pull:`6882`)
+- Allow decoding of 0 sized datetimes. (:issue:`1329`, :pull:`6882`)
   By `Deepak Cherian <https://github.com/dcherian>`_.
-- Make sure DataArray.name is always a string when used as label for plotting.
-  (:issue:`6826`, :pull:`6832`)
+- Make sure DataArray.name is always a string when used as label for plotting. (:issue:`6826`, :pull:`6832`)
   By `Jimmy Westling <https://github.com/illviljan>`_.
-- :py:attr:`DataArray.nbytes` now uses the ``nbytes`` property of the underlying array if available.
-  (:pull:`6797`)
+- :py:attr:`DataArray.nbytes` now uses the ``nbytes`` property of the underlying array if available. (:pull:`6797`)
   By `Max Jones <https://github.com/maxrjones>`_.
 - Rely on the array backend for string formatting. (:pull:`6823`).
   By `Jimmy Westling <https://github.com/illviljan>`_.
-- Fix incompatibility with numpy 1.20 (:issue:`6818`, :pull:`6821`)
+- Fix incompatibility with numpy 1.20. (:issue:`6818`, :pull:`6821`)
   By `Michael Niklas <https://github.com/headtr1ck>`_.
 - Fix side effects on index coordinate metadata after aligning objects. (:issue:`6852`, :pull:`6857`)
   By `Benoît Bovy <https://github.com/benbovy>`_.
-- Make FacetGrid.set_titles send kwargs correctly using `handle.udpate(kwargs)`.
-  (:issue:`6839`, :pull:`6843`)
+- Make FacetGrid.set_titles send kwargs correctly using `handle.udpate(kwargs)`. (:issue:`6839`, :pull:`6843`)
   By `Oliver Lopez <https://github.com/lopezvoliver>`_.
-- Fix bug where index variables would be changed inplace (:issue:`6931`, :pull:`6938`)
+- Fix bug where index variables would be changed inplace. (:issue:`6931`, :pull:`6938`)
   By `Michael Niklas <https://github.com/headtr1ck>`_.
 - Allow taking the mean over non-time dimensions of datasets containing
-  dask-backed cftime arrays (:issue:`5897`, :pull:`6950`).  By `Spencer Clark
-  <https://github.com/spencerkclark>`_.
-- Harmonize returned multi-indexed indexes when applying ``concat`` along new dimension (:issue:`6881`, :pull:`6889`)
+  dask-backed cftime arrays. (:issue:`5897`, :pull:`6950`)
+  By `Spencer Clark <https://github.com/spencerkclark>`_.
+- Harmonize returned multi-indexed indexes when applying ``concat`` along new dimension. (:issue:`6881`, :pull:`6889`)
   By `Fabian Hofmann <https://github.com/FabianHofmann>`_.
 - Fix step plots with ``hue`` arg. (:pull:`6944`)
   By `András Gunyhó <https://github.com/mgunyho>`_.
-- Avoid use of random numbers in `test_weighted.test_weighted_operations_nonequal_coords` (:issue:`6504`, :pull:`6961`).
+- Avoid use of random numbers in `test_weighted.test_weighted_operations_nonequal_coords`. (:issue:`6504`, :pull:`6961`)
   By `Luke Conibear <https://github.com/lukeconibear>`_.
 - Fix multiple regression issues with :py:meth:`Dataset.set_index` and
-  :py:meth:`Dataset.reset_index` (:pull:`6992`)
+  :py:meth:`Dataset.reset_index`. (:pull:`6992`)
   By `Benoît Bovy <https://github.com/benbovy>`_.
 - Raise a ``UserWarning`` when renaming a coordinate or a dimension creates a
   non-indexed dimension coordinate, and suggest the user creating an index
-  either with ``swap_dims`` or ``set_index`` (:issue:`6607`, :pull:`6999`). By
-  `Benoît Bovy <https://github.com/benbovy>`_.
-- Use ``keep_attrs=True`` in grouping and resampling operations by default (:issue:`7012`).
+  either with ``swap_dims`` or ``set_index``. (:issue:`6607`, :pull:`6999`)
+  By `Benoît Bovy <https://github.com/benbovy>`_.
+- Use ``keep_attrs=True`` in grouping and resampling operations by default. (:issue:`7012`)
   This means :py:attr:`Dataset.attrs` and :py:attr:`DataArray.attrs` are now preserved by default.
   By `Deepak Cherian <https://github.com/dcherian>`_.
-- ``Dataset.encoding['source']`` now exists when reading from a Path object (:issue:`5888`, :pull:`6974`)
+- ``Dataset.encoding['source']`` now exists when reading from a Path object. (:issue:`5888`, :pull:`6974`)
   By `Thomas Coleman <https://github.com/ColemanTom>`_.
 - Better dtype consistency for ``rolling.mean()``. (:issue:`7062`, :pull:`7063`)
   By `Sam Levang <https://github.com/slevang>`_.
-- Allow writing NetCDF files including only dimensionless variables using the distributed or multiprocessing scheduler
-  (:issue:`7013`, :pull:`7040`).
+- Allow writing NetCDF files including only dimensionless variables using the distributed or multiprocessing scheduler. (:issue:`7013`, :pull:`7040`)
   By `Francesco Nattino <https://github.com/fnattino>`_.
-- Fix bug where subplot_kwargs were not working when plotting with figsize, size or aspect (:issue:`7078`, :pull:`7080`)
+- Fix deepcopy of attrs and encoding of DataArrays and Variables. (:issue:`2835`, :pull:`7089`)
+  By `Michael Niklas <https://github.com/headtr1ck>`_.
+- Fix bug where subplot_kwargs were not working when plotting with figsize, size or aspect. (:issue:`7078`, :pull:`7080`)
   By `Michael Niklas <https://github.com/headtr1ck>`_.
 
 Documentation
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- Update merge docstrings (:issue:`6935`, :pull:`7033`).
+- Update merge docstrings. (:issue:`6935`, :pull:`7033`)
   By `Zach Moon <https://github.com/zmoon>`_.
 - Raise a more informative error when trying to open a non-existent zarr store. (:issue:`6484`, :pull:`7060`)
   By `Sam Levang <https://github.com/slevang>`_.
-- Added examples to docstrings for :py:meth:`DataArray.expand_dims`, :py:meth:`DataArray.drop_duplicates`, :py:meth:`DataArray.reset_coords`, :py:meth:`DataArray.equals`, :py:meth:`DataArray.identical`, :py:meth:`DataArray.broadcast_equals`, :py:meth:`DataArray.bfill`, :py:meth:`DataArray.ffill`, :py:meth:`DataArray.fillna`, :py:meth:`DataArray.dropna`, :py:meth:`DataArray.drop_isel`, :py:meth:`DataArray.drop_sel`, :py:meth:`DataArray.head`, :py:meth:`DataArray.tail`. (:issue:`5816`, :pull:`7088`).
+- Added examples to docstrings for :py:meth:`DataArray.expand_dims`, :py:meth:`DataArray.drop_duplicates`, :py:meth:`DataArray.reset_coords`, :py:meth:`DataArray.equals`, :py:meth:`DataArray.identical`, :py:meth:`DataArray.broadcast_equals`, :py:meth:`DataArray.bfill`, :py:meth:`DataArray.ffill`, :py:meth:`DataArray.fillna`, :py:meth:`DataArray.dropna`, :py:meth:`DataArray.drop_isel`, :py:meth:`DataArray.drop_sel`, :py:meth:`DataArray.head`, :py:meth:`DataArray.tail`. (:issue:`5816`, :pull:`7088`)
   By `Patrick Naylor <https://github.com/patrick-naylor>`_.
 - Add missing docstrings to various array properties. (:pull:`7090`)
   By `Tom Nicholas <https://github.com/TomNicholas>`_.
 
 Internal Changes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- Added test for DataArray attrs deepcopy recursion/nested attrs (:issue:`2835`).
+- Added test for DataArray attrs deepcopy recursion/nested attrs. (:issue:`2835`, :pull:`7086`)
   By `Paul hockett <https://github.com/phockett>`_.
 
 .. _whats-new.2022.06.0:

xarray/core/dataarray.py

@@ -853,25 +853,23 @@ def loc(self) -> _LocIndexer:
         return _LocIndexer(self)
 
     @property
-    # Key type needs to be `Any` because of mypy#4167
     def attrs(self) -> dict[Any, Any]:
         """Dictionary storing arbitrary metadata with this array."""
         return self.variable.attrs
 
     @attrs.setter
     def attrs(self, value: Mapping[Any, Any]) -> None:
-        # Disable type checking to work around mypy bug - see mypy#4167
-        self.variable.attrs = value  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        self.variable.attrs = dict(value)
 
     @property
-    def encoding(self) -> dict[Hashable, Any]:
+    def encoding(self) -> dict[Any, Any]:
         """Dictionary of format-specific settings for how this array should be
         serialized."""
         return self.variable.encoding
 
     @encoding.setter
     def encoding(self, value: Mapping[Any, Any]) -> None:
-        self.variable.encoding = value
+        self.variable.encoding = dict(value)
 
     @property
     def indexes(self) -> Indexes:

xarray/core/dataset.py

@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ def variables(self) -> Frozen[Hashable, Variable]:
         return Frozen(self._variables)
 
     @property
-    def attrs(self) -> dict[Hashable, Any]:
+    def attrs(self) -> dict[Any, Any]:
         """Dictionary of global attributes on this dataset"""
         if self._attrs is None:
             self._attrs = {}
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ def attrs(self, value: Mapping[Any, Any]) -> None:
         self._attrs = dict(value)
 
     @property
-    def encoding(self) -> dict[Hashable, Any]:
+    def encoding(self) -> dict[Any, Any]:
         """Dictionary of global encoding attributes on this dataset"""
         if self._encoding is None:
             self._encoding = {}
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ def _overwrite_indexes(
             return replaced
 
     def copy(
-        self: T_Dataset, deep: bool = False, data: Mapping | None = None
+        self: T_Dataset, deep: bool = False, data: Mapping[Any, ArrayLike] | None = None
     ) -> T_Dataset:
         """Returns a copy of this dataset.
 
@@ -1252,8 +1252,9 @@ def copy(
                 variables[k] = v.copy(deep=deep, data=data.get(k))
 
         attrs = copy.deepcopy(self._attrs) if deep else copy.copy(self._attrs)
+        encoding = copy.deepcopy(self._encoding) if deep else copy.copy(self._encoding)
 
-        return self._replace(variables, indexes=indexes, attrs=attrs)
+        return self._replace(variables, indexes=indexes, attrs=attrs, encoding=encoding)
 
     def as_numpy(self: T_Dataset) -> T_Dataset:
         """

xarray/core/variable.py

@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ def __setitem__(self, key, value):
         indexable[index_tuple] = value
 
     @property
-    def attrs(self) -> dict[Hashable, Any]:
+    def attrs(self) -> dict[Any, Any]:
         """Dictionary of local attributes on this variable."""
         if self._attrs is None:
             self._attrs = {}
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ def attrs(self, value: Mapping[Any, Any]) -> None:
         self._attrs = dict(value)
 
     @property
-    def encoding(self):
+    def encoding(self) -> dict[Any, Any]:
         """Dictionary of encodings on this variable."""
         if self._encoding is None:
             self._encoding = {}
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ def encoding(self, value):
         except ValueError:
             raise ValueError("encoding must be castable to a dictionary")
 
-    def copy(self, deep=True, data=None):
+    def copy(self, deep: bool = True, data: ArrayLike | None = None):
         """Returns a copy of this object.
 
         If `deep=True`, the data array is loaded into memory and copied onto
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ def copy(self, deep=True, data=None):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        deep : bool, optional
+        deep : bool, default: True
             Whether the data array is loaded into memory and copied onto
             the new object. Default is True.
         data : array_like, optional
@@ -975,28 +975,29 @@ def copy(self, deep=True, data=None):
         pandas.DataFrame.copy
         """
         if data is None:
-            data = self._data
+            ndata = self._data
 
-            if isinstance(data, indexing.MemoryCachedArray):
+            if isinstance(ndata, indexing.MemoryCachedArray):
                 # don't share caching between copies
-                data = indexing.MemoryCachedArray(data.array)
+                ndata = indexing.MemoryCachedArray(ndata.array)
 
             if deep:
-                data = copy.deepcopy(data)
+                ndata = copy.deepcopy(ndata)
 
         else:
-            data = as_compatible_data(data)
-            if self.shape != data.shape:
+            ndata = as_compatible_data(data)
+            if self.shape != ndata.shape:
                 raise ValueError(
                     "Data shape {} must match shape of object {}".format(
-                        data.shape, self.shape
+                        ndata.shape, self.shape
                     )
                 )
 
-        # note:
-        # dims is already an immutable tuple
-        # attributes and encoding will be copied when the new Array is created
-        return self._replace(data=data)
+        attrs = copy.deepcopy(self._attrs) if deep else copy.copy(self._attrs)
+        encoding = copy.deepcopy(self._encoding) if deep else copy.copy(self._encoding)
+
+        # note: dims is already an immutable tuple
+        return self._replace(data=ndata, attrs=attrs, encoding=encoding)
 
     def _replace(
         self: T_Variable,
@@ -2877,7 +2878,7 @@ def concat(
 
         return cls(first_var.dims, data, attrs)
 
-    def copy(self, deep=True, data=None):
+    def copy(self, deep: bool = True, data: ArrayLike | None = None):
         """Returns a copy of this object.
 
         `deep` is ignored since data is stored in the form of
@@ -2889,7 +2890,7 @@ def copy(self, deep=True, data=None):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        deep : bool, optional
+        deep : bool, default: True
             Deep is ignored when data is given. Whether the data array is
             loaded into memory and copied onto the new object. Default is True.
         data : array_like, optional
@@ -2902,16 +2903,20 @@ def copy(self, deep=True, data=None):
             data copied from original.
         """
         if data is None:
-            data = self._data.copy(deep=deep)
+            ndata = self._data.copy(deep=deep)
         else:
-            data = as_compatible_data(data)
-            if self.shape != data.shape:
+            ndata = as_compatible_data(data)
+            if self.shape != ndata.shape:
                 raise ValueError(
                     "Data shape {} must match shape of object {}".format(
-                        data.shape, self.shape
+                        ndata.shape, self.shape
                     )
                 )
-        return self._replace(data=data)
+
+        attrs = copy.deepcopy(self._attrs) if deep else copy.copy(self._attrs)
+        encoding = copy.deepcopy(self._encoding) if deep else copy.copy(self._encoding)
+
+        return self._replace(data=ndata, attrs=attrs, encoding=encoding)
 
     def equals(self, other, equiv=None):
         # if equiv is specified, super up

xarray/tests/test_dataarray.py

@@ -6458,7 +6458,6 @@ def test_delete_coords() -> None:
     assert set(a1.coords.keys()) == {"x"}
 
 
-@pytest.mark.xfail
 def test_deepcopy_nested_attrs() -> None:
     """Check attrs deep copy, see :issue:`2835`"""
     da1 = xr.DataArray([[1, 2], [3, 4]], dims=("x", "y"), coords={"x": [10, 20]})