2GB limit

[John Arbash Meinel]

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>     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
> 

I'm pretty sure pyrex would work with 64-bit python. The main issue ATM
is that we don't have a setup for building bzr.exe for 64-bit python.

That, and as I said elsewhere, I don't think the extensions themselves
are all 64-bit safe. (Most will be, but we haven't specifically audited
for it.)

John
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