A long time ago, Travis wrote:
> On a related, but orthogonal note:
>
> My understanding is that using memory-mapped files for *very* large
> files will require modification to the mmap module in Python ---
> something I think we should push. One part of that process would be
> to add the C-struct array interface to the mmap module and the buffer
> object -- perhaps this is how we get the array interface into Python
> quickly. Then, if we could make a base-type mmap that did not use
> the buffer interface or the sequence interface (similar to the
> bigndarray in scipy_core) and therefore by-passed the problems with
> Python in those areas, then the current mmap object could inherit from
> the base class and provide current functionality while still exposing
> the array interface for access to >2GB files on 64-bit systems.
>
> Who would like to take up the ball for modifying mmap in Python in
> this fashion?
>
> -Travis
Did anyone ever "pick up the ball" on this issue?
Glen
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