[issue9015] array.array.tofile cannot write arrays of sizes > 4GB, even compiled for amd64

[Bill Steinmetz]

New submission from Bill Steinmetz <bill.steinmetz at gmail.com>:

Here's my Python version info:
Python 2.6.5 (r265:79096, Mar 19 2010, 18:02:59) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32


Here's my code that won't return (Start with a file > 4GB "hugefile.bin"):

siz = (1<<32)

print "making array (%d) bytes" % siz
fin = open("hugefile.bin","rb")
a = array.array("B")
a.fromfile(fin, siz)
fin.close()

print "writing array (%d) bytes" % siz
fout = open("foo.bin","wb")
a.tofile(fout)
print "wrote 2^32 bytes with array.tofile"



I never get the third print statement :(

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components: Extension Modules
messages: 107964
nosy: Bill.Steinmetz
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: array.array.tofile cannot write arrays of sizes > 4GB, even compiled for amd64
versions: Python 2.6

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