Will testing an array of chars do? You can easily allocate 4-5Gb on a regular 64bit pc, even with only 1G of ram, given that your swap space is sufficient. If you want to excercise your array, then you might get some paging, but it's not completely impossible. K -----Original Message----- From: python-dev-bounces+kristjan=ccpgames.com@python.org [mailto:python-dev-bounces+kristjan=ccpgames.com@python.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Heller Sent: 20. mars 2009 19:01 To: python-dev@python.org Subject: [Python-Dev] Py_ssize_t support for ctypes arrays and pointers I received some (so far unfinished) patches for ctypes that will allow to create arrays with more than 2**31 elements and that will eventually also support pointer offsets larger than int, on 64-bit platforms. Since I do not have a machine with so much memory: Does one of the buildbots allow to run tests for this feature, or do I have to wait for the snakebite farm? -- Thanks, Thomas _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/kristjan%40ccpgames.com

Trent Nelson schrieb:

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 08:00:46PM +0100, Thomas Heller wrote:

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Since I do not have a machine with so much memory: Does one of the buildbots allow to run tests for this feature, or do I have to wait for the snakebite farm?

Will you be at PyCon? The wait might not be as bad as you think ;-)

No, I will not. But I've heard some rumors... -- Thanks, Thomas