tiny reordering

pydata · Oct 29, 2024 · 82ca5be · 82ca5be
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commit 82ca5be
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/xarray/backends/api.py b/xarray/backends/api.py
@@ -2132,6 +2132,9 @@ def to_zarr(
     """
     from xarray.backends.zarr import _choose_default_mode, _get_mappers
 
+    # validate Dataset keys, DataArray names
+    _validate_dataset_names(dataset)
+
     # Load empty arrays to avoid bug saving zero length dimensions (Issue #5741)
     for v in dataset.variables.values():
         if v.size == 0:
@@ -2145,9 +2148,6 @@ def to_zarr(
     )
     mode = _choose_default_mode(mode=mode, append_dim=append_dim, region=region)
 
-    # validate Dataset keys, DataArray names
-    _validate_dataset_names(dataset)
-
     if mode == "r+":
         already_consolidated = consolidated
         consolidate_on_close = False