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In documentation on adding a new backend, add missing import and tweak headings #6330

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14 changes: 11 additions & 3 deletions doc/internals/how-to-add-new-backend.rst
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Expand Up @@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ Xarray :py:meth:`~xarray.open_dataset`, and returns a boolean.

Decoders
^^^^^^^^

The decoders implement specific operations to transform data from on-disk
representation to Xarray representation.

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In the following an example on how to use the coders ``decode`` method:

.. ipython:: python
:suppress:

import xarray as xr

.. ipython:: python

var = xr.Variable(
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.. _RST backend_registration:

How to register a backend
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++++++++++

Define a new entrypoint in your ``setup.py`` (or ``setup.cfg``) with:

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.. _RST lazy_loading:

How to support Lazy Loading
How to support lazy loading
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++

If you want to make your backend effective with big datasets, then you should
support lazy loading.
Basically, you shall replace the :py:class:`numpy.ndarray` inside the
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.. _RST indexing:

Indexing Examples
Indexing examples
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

**BASIC**

In the ``BASIC`` indexing support, numbers and slices are supported.
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