inplace argument for fun like drop

[ggrrll]

Is your feature request related to a problem?

there should be a inplace arg , to avoid re assigning the variable

Describe the solution you'd like

inplace=True argument, in functions like .drop ...

Additional context

related to #3260 , ...

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[keewis]

thanks for the suggestion. However, considering that we deprecated and removed the inplace parameter a while ago (for example in the issue you linked to), I don't think we will add it back.

You can work around this by assigning the return value of drop to a name or by using call chains:

(
    ds
    .drop_vars("variable")
    .sel(...)
    ...
)
# or
ds = ds.drop_vars("variable")

[ggrrll]

ok thanks -- well, that's exactly what I wanted to avoid , using the same rationale as pandas drop; feel free to close then