added some code to time loading from gmsh vs. from pickle

tools/timing/load_pickle.py

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+import sys
+import pickle
+import time
+
+import scipy.spatial
+
+
+start = time.time()
+g = pickle.load(open(sys.argv[1], 'r'))
+g.tree = scipy.spatial.KDTree(g.points)
+end = time.time()
+
+print end - start

tools/timing/read_gmsh_file.py

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+import sys
+import time
+import pickle
+
+from interp.grid.gmsh import ggrid
+
+start = time.time()
+g = ggrid(sys.argv[1])
+print time.time() - start
+
+g.tree = None
+pickle.dump(g, open(sys.argv[2], 'w'))