revert to .set_dims on Variable

xarray/core/variable.py

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     is_duck_array,
     maybe_coerce_to_str,
 )
+from xarray.namedarray._typing import _DimsLike, _ShapeLike
 from xarray.namedarray.core import NamedArray
 
 NON_NUMPY_SUPPORTED_ARRAY_TYPES = (
@@ -1381,6 +1382,25 @@ def roll(self, shifts=None, **shifts_kwargs):
             result = result._roll_one_dim(dim, count)
         return result
 
+    def set_dims(self, dims: _DimsLike, shape: _ShapeLike | None = None) -> Self:
+        """
+        Return a new variable with given set of dimensions.
+        This method might be used to attach new dimension(s) to variable.
+        When possible, this operation does not copy this variable's data.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        dims : str or sequence of str or dict
+             Dimensions to include on the new object (must be a superset of the existing dimensions).
+             If a dict, values are used to provide the sizes of new dimensions; otherwise, new dimensions are inserted with length 1.
+
+        shape : sequence of int, optional
+             Shape to broadcast the data to. Must be specified in the same order as `dims`.
+             If not provided, new dimensions are inserted with length 1.
+        """
+
+        return self.expand_dims(dims, shape)
+
     def _stack_once(self, dims: list[Hashable], new_dim: Hashable):
         if not set(dims) <= set(self.dims):
             raise ValueError(f"invalid existing dimensions: {dims}")

xarray/namedarray/core.py

@@ -913,8 +913,7 @@ def T(self) -> Self:
     def broadcast_to(self, shape: _ShapeLike) -> NamedArray[Any, _DType_co]:
         from xarray.core import duck_array_ops  # TODO: remove this import
 
-        data = duck_array_ops.broadcast_to(self.data, shape)
-        return self._replace(data=data)
+        return duck_array_ops.broadcast_to(self.data, shape)
 
     def _create_expanded_obj(
         self, expanded_data: duckarray[Any, Any], expanded_dims: _DimsLike

xarray/namedarray/utils.py

@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 import sys
 import warnings
-from collections.abc import Collection, Hashable, Iterable, Iterator, Mapping
+from collections.abc import Hashable, Iterator, Mapping
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Final
 
 import numpy as np
 
-from xarray.namedarray._typing import ErrorOptionsWithWarn
+from xarray.namedarray._typing import ErrorOptionsWithWarn, _DimsLike
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ def is_dict_like(value: Any) -> TypeGuard[Mapping[Any, Any]]:
 
 
 def drop_missing_dims(
-    supplied_dims: Iterable[Hashable],
-    dims: Iterable[Hashable],
+    supplied_dims: _DimsLike,
+    dims: _DimsLike,
     missing_dims: ErrorOptionsWithWarn,
-) -> Iterable[Hashable]:
+) -> _DimsLike:
     """Depending on the setting of missing_dims, drop any dimensions from supplied_dims that
     are not present in dims.
 
@@ -98,17 +98,15 @@ def drop_missing_dims(
 
     if missing_dims == "raise":
         supplied_dims_set = {val for val in supplied_dims if val is not ...}
-        invalid = supplied_dims_set - set(dims)
-        if invalid:
+        if invalid := supplied_dims_set - set(dims):
             raise ValueError(
                 f"Dimensions {invalid} do not exist. Expected one or more of {dims}"
             )
 
         return supplied_dims
 
     elif missing_dims == "warn":
-        invalid = set(supplied_dims) - set(dims)
-        if invalid:
+        if invalid := set(supplied_dims) - set(dims):
             warnings.warn(
                 f"Dimensions {invalid} do not exist. Expected one or more of {dims}"
             )
@@ -125,10 +123,10 @@ def drop_missing_dims(
 
 
 def infix_dims(
-    dims_supplied: Collection[Any],
-    dims_all: Collection[Any],
+    dims_supplied: _DimsLike,
+    dims_all: _DimsLike,
     missing_dims: ErrorOptionsWithWarn = "raise",
-) -> Iterator[Any]:
+) -> Iterator[_DimsLike]:
     """
     Resolves a supplied list containing an ellipsis representing other items, to
     a generator with the 'realized' list of all items