DOC: explain read_csv/read_table float_precision behavior#64335
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Problem
float_precisioninread_csv/read_tableis currently under-explained: users see option names (high,legacy,round_trip) but not the practical behavior/tradeoffs (issue #64094).What this PR changes
float_precisioncontrols text-to-float conversion behavior in the C parserNone/high: default high-precision converterlegacy: original lower-precision converterround_trip: converter focused on round-trip-safe text representationScope
read_csv/read_tableCloses #64094.
Validation
python3 -m compileall pandas/io/parsers/readers.pygit diff --check