[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Objects fileobject.c,2.121,2.122

[Guido van Rossum]

> On my Win98SE+FAT32 box, the largest size value for which test_largefile
> completed without error was
> 
>     size = (1L << 32) - 2
> 
> Since test_largefile creates a file 1 byte larger than size, it's clear
> we're restricted to files whose total size fits in an (MS) unsigned long.

Ald we'll probably never know if that's a restriction in the FAT32
filesystem or intrinsic to Win98.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)