# translate_legacy_attrs

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        <td style="text-align: left; border-style: hidden">*function*  of [dascore.io.dasdae._compat](`dascore.io.dasdae._compat`)</td>
        <td style="text-align: right; border-style: hidden">[source](https://github.com/DASDAE/dascore/blob/dev/dascore/io/dasdae/_compat.py#L84-L178)</td>
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<b>translate_legacy_attrs</b>(<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;attrs
,<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;coord_names: collections.abc.Iterable[str]
 = (),<br>
)


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Normalize legacy DASDAE attr payloads to flat coord metadata.

``coord_names`` are the coordinates actually stored in the patch group;
flat unit keys belonging to them are coordinate metadata rather than
value companions, whatever the attr payload itself claims.