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Rename the `DimensionNames` type to `DimensionNamesLike`. by d-v-b · Pull Request #3800 · zarr-developers/zarr-python

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The reason for this change is the fact that the `DimensionNames` type is does not model the
actual type of the `dimension_names` attribute on the Array V3 Metadata class, but rather a
wider input type that is ultimately narrowed to that actual type. For this reason, it should
use the same `XLike` name convention as the other wide input types that get narrowed to a more
restricted type.

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The reason for this change is the fact that the `DimensionNames` type is does not model the
actual type of the `dimension_names` attribute on the Array V3 Metadata class, but rather a
wider input type that is ultimately narrowed to that actual type. For this reason, it should
use the same `XLike` name convention as the other wide input types that get narrowed to a more
restricted type.