Matt Mackall added the comment: Actually, no, all the size_t types are 64-bit on Windows 64:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit_computing#64-bit_data_models To confirm this, I found someone nearby with a 64-bit Windows and he had no trouble allocating a 3G string with a = b'a' * 3000000000. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue21199> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
