class_docstr: Encapsulates details of reading a list of Feather files.
  
  Parameters
  ----------
  path_or_paths : List[str]
      A list of file names
  validate_schema : bool, default True
      Check that individual file schemas are all the same / compatible
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docstr: Read multiple Parquet files as a single pandas DataFrame
  
  Parameters
  ----------
  columns : List[str]
      Names of columns to read from the file
  use_threads : bool, default True
      Use multiple threads when converting to pandas
  
  Returns
  -------
  pandas.DataFrame
      Content of the file as a pandas DataFrame (of columns)
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code: def read_pandas(self, columns=None, use_threads=True):
      """
      Read multiple Parquet files as a single pandas DataFrame
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      columns : List[str]
          Names of columns to read from the file
      use_threads : bool, default True
          Use multiple threads when converting to pandas
  
      Returns
      -------
      pandas.DataFrame
          Content of the file as a pandas DataFrame (of columns)
      """
      return self.read_table(columns=columns).to_pandas(
          use_threads=use_threads
      )
  
file_path: arrow/python/pyarrow/feather.py
imports: import os
  from pyarrow.pandas_compat import _pandas_api
  from pyarrow.lib import Codec, Table, concat_tables, schema
  import pyarrow.lib
  from pyarrow import _feather
  from pyarrow._feather import FeatherError
label_desc: Use image node_id 4 for calling the FeatherDataset obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.read_pandas(columns, use_threads) and returns: self