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Missing support for PyArrow types in Pandas dataframes

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Description

Most of the data ingestion utilities (`pd.read_csv`, `pd.read_parquet`, `pd.read_sql`) since Pandas 2.2 include a `dtype_backend='pyarrow'` option to use PyArrow types instead of NumPy backend.

It would be awesome if there was support for this.

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Research direction

The issue names pd.read_csv, pd.read_parquet, and pd.read_sql but no repository files or tests. First locate the data-ingestion paths that construct Pandas dataframes and inspect current dtype handling; establish coverage for dtype_backend='pyarrow', then verify all three ingestion paths handle PyArrow-backed dataframes.

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Assessment

Tech stack
pandas, python
Domain
data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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