Dear list:
I cannot seem to figure how to create arrays > 2 GB on a Mac Pro
(using Intel chip and Tiger, 4.8). I have hand compiled both Python
2.5 and numpy 1.0.1, and cannot make arrays bigger than 2 GB. I also
run out of space if I try and 3-6 several arrays of 1000 mb or so (the
mem-alloc failure does not seem consistent, depends on whether I am
creating them with a "numpy.ones()" call, or creating them on the fly
by doing math with the other arrays "e.g., c = 4.3*a + 3.1*b").
Is this a numpy issue, or a Python 2.5 issue for the Mac? I have
tried this on the SGI Altix, and this works fine.
It must be a malloc issue. NumPy uses the system malloc to construct
arrays. It just reports errors back to you if it can't.