code: def _disable_auto_decode_variable(var):
      
      var.set_auto_maskandscale(False)
  
      # only added in netCDF4-python v1.2.8
      with suppress(AttributeError):
          var.set_auto_chartostring(False)
docs: Disable automatic decoding on a netCDF4.Variable.
  
      We handle these types of decoding ourselves.