DataTree: selecting via `[["a"]]` suggests `subset`, which is missing
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Description
What happened?
calling dt[["a"]] suggests to use .subset which does not exist.
What did you expect to happen?
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Minimal Complete Verifiable Example
import xarray as xr
a = xr.Dataset(data_vars={"x": [10, 20]}, coords={"time": [0, 1]})
dt = xr.DataTree()
dt["a"] = a
dt[["a"]] # fails and suggests subset
dt.subset # fails
MVCE confirmation
- Minimal example — the example is as focused as reasonably possible to demonstrate the underlying issue in xarray.
- Complete example — the example is self-contained, including all data and the text of any traceback.
- Verifiable example — the example copy & pastes into an IPython prompt or Binder notebook, returning the result.
- New issue — a search of GitHub Issues suggests this is not a duplicate.
- Recent environment — the issue occurs with the latest version of xarray and its dependencies.
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Environment
master
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Research direction
Start by running the provided Python example with xarray.DataTree, focusing on dt[["a"]] and the suggested dt.subset attribute. Trace the DataTree indexing and suggestion behavior, then confirm the completed fix no longer suggests a missing subset attribute for this selection.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100