[Python-Dev] mmap module

[Paul Barrett]

In the CVS log of the mmapmodule.c, Tim Peters says:

"The code really needs to be rethought from scratch (not by me, though
...)."

Well, I might be the person to do the rethinking, but I'd first like
to know what Tim has in mind.  I've been playing around with this
module lately and tend to agree that some enhancements could be made,
particularly to prevent "bus errors" and "segmentation faults".  The
ability to have offsets into a file that are not multiples of the
system pagesize would also be nice.

I'd be willing to submit a PEP on a new mmapmodule, once I know what
others would like.

 -- Paul

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