Lin schrieb: > Ah, this makes sense. Thanks...... The main reason I'm trying 64-bit > Python is that I want to write files bigger than 4GB. This should work > on Windows x64, right? (i.e., are the pointers bona fide 64 bit?)
You can create files with more than 4GB on a 32bit OS, too. It depends on the file system. It works with NTFS but I'm not sure how FAT32 deals with large files. My DVB-S receiver with USB port chokes on files with more than 2 GB. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list