I use the physical and kernel memory boxes in the windows task manager under the performance tab... in that way I can see the exact RAM that just OS and idle processes occupy before I run my app, and then also the limit at which my app pushes the memory...
M. Angelica Echavarria-Gregory, M.Sc., E.I. Ph.D Candidate University of Miami Phone 305 284-3611 ________________________________________ From: sstein...@gmail.com [sstein...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 7:58 PM To: Echavarria Gregory, Maria Angelica Cc: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: MemoryError, can I use more? On Feb 12, 2010, at 7:21 PM, Echavarria Gregory, Maria Angelica wrote: > Dear group: > > I am developing a program using Python 2.5.4 in windows 32 OS. The amount of > data it works with is huge. I have managed to keep memory footprint low, but > have found that, independent of the physical RAM of the machine, python > always gives the MemoryError message when it has occupied exactly only 2.2 > GB. I have tested this in 4 different machines, all with memory of 3 to 4 > GB... I'm amazed. > > Could any of you please help me to figure out how to change that limit? I > typed help(MemoryError) and it is a class itself, but that help told me > nothing I can use... How are you determining that it has occupied "exactly only 2.2GB?" S -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
