[Python-Dev] improvements for mmap
Steve Holden
steve at holdenweb.com
Thu Jan 8 17:29:52 CET 2009
Neal Becker wrote:
> I'd like to suggest some improvements from mmap
>
> 1) mmap assign to slice only accepts a string. This is unfortunate, because AFAIK a string can only be created by copying data, and this is wasteful for large data transfers. mmap should accept any object supporting buffer protocol as well as string.
>
> 2) buffer (mmap_obj) gives a read_only buffer. There should be a way to make this read_write.
>
> 3) mmap_obj does not support weak ref.
>
Can you add these to the tracker as a feature request, please?
regards
Steve
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