Python-list Digest, Vol 67, Issue 192

[Chris Rebert]

On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Ryniek90 <ryniek90 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid>
>> Ryniek90 <ryniek90 at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>>
>>> When i wanted to send an .iso file of 4GB length, i had traceback:
>>> "OverflowError: requested number of bytes is more than a Python string
>>> can hold"
>>>
>>
>> You're not supposed to put the 4GB all in one string.  Open the
>> socket and send smaller packets through it.
>>
>>  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Ok, so i will split that data for smaller files. But i've still haven't got
> answer for question: "What's the max. length of string bytes which Python
> can hold?

sys.maxsize
    The largest positive integer supported by the platform’s
Py_ssize_t type, and thus the maximum size lists, strings, dicts, and
many other containers can have.

Cheers,
Chris

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