2GB limit

[Maritza Mendez]

On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 2:24 AM, John Szakmeister <john at szakmeister.net>wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Maritza Mendez <martitzam at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Sorry... Hit send accidently.  At the risk of asking a dumb question or
> two...
> >
> > 1. Martin...your note seems to suggest the problem is especial to
> > Windows.  Is that right or is it really just a matter of 32 bit python
> > (and pyx)?
>
> It's definitely a matter of 32-bit python.
>
> > 2.  Would running 64 bit python and non-compiled bzr (slow but works)
> > provide a sufficient proof of principle solution?
>
> The few times I've run into a problem, that's exactly how I solved the
> problem.  It's terribly slow, but Python will internally bump the size
> of the indexes, while pyx will choke.  Simply renaming the pyx
> compiled _groupcompress_pyx.so (or dll) to something else so Bazaar
> wouldn't pick it up was enough.  But it is terribly slow.
>
> -John
>

So does pyrex work only with 32-bit python?  This will quickly get off-topic
for the list, so I will check the archives.  Meanwhile if anyone wants to
send me a link to some reading material, I'll see what I can learn before I
fall asleep.

~M
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