Add `layer` parameter to `read_10x_*` functions
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What kind of feature would you like to request?
Additional function parameters / changed functionality / changed defaults?
Please describe your wishes
That can switch to be "counts" by default in 2.0.
TODO: should this be an AdRef instead? Probably not as only layer really makes sense, but will it be confusing if some functions keep parameter names named after anndata attributes? I guess we should first design the new “in/out” parameters before committing
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