docs: document read_blobs for blob payload reads#7530
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Fixed some styling nits to make it read better, but thanks, LGTM!
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Summary
This PR updates the blob documentation to make
read_blobsthe recommended path for workflows that need complete blob payloads in memory.It also clarifies when to use
take_blobsfor lazy file-like access and when to usescanner(..., blob_handling="all_binary")for Arrow table scans.Context
Blob users were likely to discover
take_blobsfirst and then manually parallelizeBlobFile.readall()calls for batch loaders. Lance already hasread_blobs, which plans and executes batched materialized blob reads, but the guide did not surface it as the primary API for full-payload reads.Validation
git diff --checkuv run make lintpartially completed: Ruff format and Ruff lint passed.tensorflowonly through the Linux tests dependency marker; the remaining errors are existing unresolvedtensorflowimports inpython/lance/arrow.py,python/lance/dependencies.py, andpython/tests/test_arrow.py.make installbuilt the localpylanceextension successfully, then failed atpre-commit installbecause this checkout inherits an existingcore.hooksPathconfiguration.