Fix isel performance regression (#3319)

* Fix isel performance regression

xref GH2227

Before:
    indexing.BooleanIndexing.time_indexing      898±0ms

After
    indexing.BooleanIndexing.time_indexing      401±0ms

* mypy fix

Author: shoyer

asv_bench/benchmarks/indexing.py

@@ -125,3 +125,16 @@ def setup(self, key):
         requires_dask()
         super().setup(key)
         self.ds = self.ds.chunk({"x": 100, "y": 50, "t": 50})
+
+
+class BooleanIndexing:
+    # https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/2227
+    def setup(self):
+        self.ds = xr.Dataset(
+            {"a": ("time", np.arange(10_000_000))},
+            coords={"time": np.arange(10_000_000)},
+        )
+        self.time_filter = self.ds.time > 50_000
+
+    def time_indexing(self):
+        self.ds.isel(time=self.time_filter)

xarray/core/dataset.py

@@ -1781,7 +1781,7 @@ def _validate_indexers(
             elif isinstance(v, Dataset):
                 raise TypeError("cannot use a Dataset as an indexer")
             elif isinstance(v, Sequence) and len(v) == 0:
-                v = IndexVariable((k,), np.zeros((0,), dtype="int64"))
+                v = Variable((k,), np.zeros((0,), dtype="int64"))
             else:
                 v = np.asarray(v)
 
@@ -1795,16 +1795,13 @@ def _validate_indexers(
                 if v.ndim == 0:
                     v = Variable((), v)
                 elif v.ndim == 1:
-                    v = IndexVariable((k,), v)
+                    v = Variable((k,), v)
                 else:
                     raise IndexError(
                         "Unlabeled multi-dimensional array cannot be "
                         "used for indexing: {}".format(k)
                     )
 
-            if v.ndim == 1:
-                v = v.to_index_variable()
-
             indexers_list.append((k, v))
 
         return indexers_list
@@ -2367,7 +2364,10 @@ def interp(
         if kwargs is None:
             kwargs = {}
         coords = either_dict_or_kwargs(coords, coords_kwargs, "interp")
-        indexers = OrderedDict(self._validate_indexers(coords))
+        indexers = OrderedDict(
+            (k, v.to_index_variable() if isinstance(v, Variable) and v.ndim == 1 else v)
+            for k, v in self._validate_indexers(coords)
+        )
 
         obj = self if assume_sorted else self.sortby([k for k in coords])