Modify inference example to run without picklingtools (Step 1) #7262
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This is basically a first step towards removing pickle altogether.
In order to run @Xreki's example from PR #7097 , we need "picklingtools" which doesn't seem to be well maintained. So this PR enables us to not use picklingtools and still run the inference example on our machines.
The 2 main things are:
As mentioned earlier, our bigger goal is to remove pickle altogether, and @kexinzhao is working on clubbing the 3 things: programDesc of inference, feed vars, and fetch vars into a unified protobuf. (Issue #7221). So this is more like a step 1, just to avoid "picklingtools".