Re: Fast reading and unpacking of binary data (struct module)

2009-07-22 Thread Neal Becker
Daniel Platz wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Python newbie question about reading data from a binary file. > I have an huge binary file from an external program. I want to read > and process the data in this file in a reasonable time. It turns out > that the reading of the data itself and the processin

Re: Fast reading and unpacking of binary data (struct module)

2009-07-22 Thread John Machin
Daniel Platz googlemail.com> writes: > > Hi, > > I have a Python newbie question about reading data from a binary file. > I have an huge binary file from an external program. Please translate "huge" into Mb. Also, how much free real memory do you have? > I want to read > and process the data

Re: Fast reading and unpacking of binary data (struct module)

2009-07-21 Thread Gabriel Genellina
En Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:00:13 -0300, Daniel Platz escribió: I have an huge binary file from an external program. I want to read and process the data in this file in a reasonable time. It turns out that the reading of the data itself and the processing do not need most of the time. However, whe

Fast reading and unpacking of binary data (struct module)

2009-07-21 Thread Daniel Platz
Hi, I have a Python newbie question about reading data from a binary file. I have an huge binary file from an external program. I want to read and process the data in this file in a reasonable time. It turns out that the reading of the data itself and the processing do not need most of the time. H