2009/9/13 Nadav Horesh <nad...@visionsense.com>

>
> Could it be a problem of python version? I get no error with python2.6.2
> (on amd64 gentoo)
>
>  Nadav
>
> -----הודעה מקורית-----
> מאת: numpy-discussion-boun...@scipy.org בשם David Cournapeau
> נשלח: א 13-ספטמבר-09 09:48
> אל: Discussion of Numerical Python
> נושא: Re: [Numpy-discussion] 64-bit Fedora 9 a=numpy.zeros(0x80000000,
> dtype='b1')
>
> Charles R Harris wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Citi, Luca <lc...@essex.ac.uk
> > <mailto:lc...@essex.ac.uk>> wrote:
> >
> >     I just realized that Sebastian posted its 'uname -a' and he has a
> >     64bit machine.
> >     In this case it should work as mine (the 64bit one) does.
> >     Maybe during the compilation some flags prevented a full 64bit
> >     code to be compiled?
> >     __
> >
> >
> > Ints are still 32 bits on 64 bit machines, but the real question is
> > how python interprets the hex value.
>
>
> That's not a python problem: the conversion of the object to a C
> int/long happens in numpy (in PyArray_IntpFromSequence in this case). I
> am not sure I understand exactly what the code is doing, though. I don't
> understand the rationale for #ifdef/#endif in the one item in shape
> tuple case (line 521 and below), as well as the call to PyNumber_Int,
>
>
Possibly, I get

In [1]: a=numpy.zeros(0x80000000,dtype='b1')
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ValueError                                Traceback (most recent call last)

/home/charris/<ipython console> in <module>()

ValueError: Maximum allowed dimension exceeded

This on 32 bit fedora 11 with  python 2.6. Hmm, "maximum allowed size
exceeded" might be a better message.

Chuck
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