Re: [Python-Dev] improvements for mmap

2009-01-08 Thread Steve Holden
Neal Becker wrote: > I'd like to suggest some improvements from mmap > > 1) mmap assign to slice only accepts a string. This is unfortunate, because > AFAIK a string can only be created by copying data, and this is wasteful for > large data transfers. mmap should accept any object supporting b

[Python-Dev] improvements for mmap

2009-01-08 Thread Neal Becker
I'd like to suggest some improvements from mmap 1) mmap assign to slice only accepts a string. This is unfortunate, because AFAIK a string can only be created by copying data, and this is wasteful for large data transfers. mmap should accept any object supporting buffer protocol as well as st