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Expose `dtype_backend` argument to align with other I/O methods
dtypes_backend options:
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"default"(current "mixed" behavior, where most extension dtypes are used but not Float64Dtype or StringDtype) -- edit: might want to checkdtype_backendin pandas global options (per https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues/51433), - None (all legacy types),
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"numpy_nullable"corresponds to existing behavior but also nullable floats (https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/14483) and strings (somewhat related: https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-pandas/issues/275#issuecomment-566100550). -
"pyarrow"(all Arrow dtypes)
Implementation note: we probably need to call to_arrow for all but default, where to_dataframe is still OK.
See also: https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/pull/51853