[Numpy-discussion] Reminder: code freeze for bet at the end of the WE

[Sturla Molden]

>
> Will memmap be fixed to use offsets correctly before 1.3?

I posted this to scipy-dev (possibly wrong list) on March 9, so I'll
repeat it here: In Python 2.6, mmap has a offset keyword. NumPy's memmap
should use this to allow big files to be memory mapped on 32 bit systems.
Only a minor change is required:

if float(sys.version[:3]) > 2.5:

     bytes = bytes - offset

     mm = mmap.mmap(fid.fileno(), bytes, access=acc, offset=offset)

     self = ndarray.__new__(subtype, shape, dtype=descr, buffer=mm,
                 offset=0, order=order)

else:

     mm = mmap.mmap(fid.fileno(), bytes, access=acc)

     self = ndarray.__new__(subtype, shape, dtype=descr, buffer=mm,
                 offset=offset, order=order)


Instead of just:

     mm = mmap.mmap(fid.fileno(), bytes, access=acc)

     self = ndarray.__new__(subtype, shape, dtype=descr, buffer=mm,
                 offset=offset, order=order)



Reagards,
Sturla Molden

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