Method chunk

xarray/core/variable.py:2804–2814

(
        self,
        chunks={},  # noqa: B006  # even though it's unsafe, it is being used intentionally here (#4667)
        name=None,
        lock=False,
        inline_array=False,
        chunked_array_type=None,
        from_array_kwargs=None,
    )

        )

    def chunk(
        self,
        chunks={},  # noqa: B006  # even though it's unsafe, it is being used intentionally here (#4667)
        name=None,
        lock=False,
        inline_array=False,
        chunked_array_type=None,
        from_array_kwargs=None,
    ):
        # Dummy - do not chunk. This method is invoked e.g. by Dataset.chunk()
        return self.copy(deep=False)

    def _as_sparse(self, sparse_format=_default, fill_value=_default):
        # Dummy