[Numpy-discussion] Question about memmap

[David Goldsmith]

--- On Tue, 6/9/09, Gökhan SEVER <gokhansever at gmail.com> wrote:

> Matthew Brett <matthew.brett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > I am having problem while trying to memory map a
> simple file (attached as
> 
> > test.txt)
>
> The file looks like a text file, but memmap is for
> binary files.
> 
> Could that be the problem?
> 
> Matthew
> 
> I don't see such a restriction in memmap function based
> on its help 

Fixed (at least in the Numpy Doc Wiki, don't know how long it will take for that to propagate to a release)

> at or memmap? from IPython.

Sorry, no authority over there.

> I thought it will happily work with text files too :(

Not the soln. you were hoping for, I know, sorry.

DG