New submission from saa <p5t...@saaworld.com>: In trying to use the mmap offset to allow me to work with a 12GB file, I encountered the fact that the new offset parameter was a ssize_t, which is only 32 bits on my platform (OS X). The mmap offset in C is defined to be an off_t (http://opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908775/xsh/mmap.html), which is 64 bits on my platform. The attached patch attempts to fix the non-Windows code to have an off_t offset parameter and allows my code to access all 12 GB of my file. As a warning, this is the first time I've even looked at the Python source, and wouldn't even consider myself a Python coder; I just use Python every few months. Review the patch carefully.
---------- components: Extension Modules files: mmap_off_t.patch keywords: patch messages: 77957 nosy: saa severity: normal status: open title: mmap offset should be off_t instead of ssize_t type: behavior versions: Python 2.6 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file12375/mmap_off_t.patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue4681> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
