docs: document blob_mode on Python query to_pandas#262
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Summary
Updates the multimodal page to reflect that Python query builders'
to_pandas()now acceptsblob_modefor plain scan queries.Changes
blob_modewith the new supported behavior (lazy / bytes / descriptions on plain scans; descriptions-only on vector / FTS / hybrid).to_pandassnippet to showblob_modeusage alongside other PyArrow kwargs.Context
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blob_modesupport to sync and async Python queryto_pandas()APIs, routing plain scans through Lance's native pandas conversion so that lazy / bytes / descriptions all work with filters, projections, aliases, limit, and offset. Non-scan query shapes keep the Arrow fallback and raise a clear error iflazyorbytesis requested with a blob column.