New submission from Martin Frith <mar...@cbrc.jp>:
The array module does not seem to work for arrays > 2 GB.
>>> import sys, array
>>> sys.maxsize
9223372036854775807
>>> x = array.array('c', ('a' for i in xrange(300000000)))
(seems to work OK)
>>> x = array.array('c', ('a' for i in xrange(3000000000)))
(runs forever: memory usage increases to 2GB and then stops)
I think the cause is: casting to int in arraymodule.c, in array_iter_extend()
and array_append().
My uname -a:
Linux c016 2.6.18-164.el5 #1 SMP Thu Sep 3 03:28:30 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64
x86_64 GNU/Linux
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components: Extension Modules
messages: 113061
nosy: mcfrith
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: 2 GB limit in array module
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7
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