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Makes them more structure, consistent. I think removes a mistake re the default chunks arg in `open_zarr` (it's not `None`, it's `auto`). Adds a comment re performance with `chunks=None`, closing pydata#9111
dcherian
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Jun 20, 2024
| - ``chunks=None`` skips using dask, which is generally faster for | ||
| small arrays. | ||
| - ``chunks=-1`` loads the data with dask using a single chunk for all arrays. | ||
| - ``chunks={}`` loads the data with dask using engine preferred chunks if |
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perhaps add "Usually dask chunk size will be identical to the format's chunk size" or something like that?
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Makes them more structure, consistent. I think removes a mistake re the default chunks arg in
open_zarr(it's notNone, it'sauto).Adds a comment re performance with
chunks=None, closing #9111