[tor-bugs] #13774 [Stem]: Mention pickling in "Mirror Mirror on the Wall"?

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#13774: Mention pickling in "Mirror Mirror on the Wall"?
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     Reporter:  mmcc         |      Owner:  atagar
         Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  trivial      |  Milestone:
    Component:  Stem         |    Version:
   Resolution:               |   Keywords:  Stem, Python, pickle, docs
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Comment (by mmcc):

 Hi, atagar. I was under the impression that Tor clients don't download
 full descriptors anymore, right? I was just thinking of a dead simple way
 to store all descriptors at once if they're going to be used repeatedly in
 a script that can use data that's a few minutes/hours old. Especially with
 dynamic languages like Python, one often ends up running scripts a bunch
 of times, and it would be too bad if people were downloading >6 MB of
 descriptor every time they tested something.

 I wasn't aware of how versatile `parse_file()` is, though. That's probably
 the best solution.

 Would it be worth it to briefly mention the ability to store the result of
 the download using `parse_file()` in the `DescriptorDownloader` section?
 It's definitely not a big deal either way.

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