Manipulating large blobs in Python

[Fredrik Lundh]

Tim Stone wrote:

> I'm working on a module that will manipulate large blobs.  I'm using a C 
> dll to allocate big blocks of memory, using PyMem_Malloc, which is 
> working quite well up until I try to manipulate a blob that exhausts 
> Python's heap.

how large is that?

> I'm guessing that to increase the heapsize, I'm going to have to recompile 
> Python... (??)  Am I on the right track?

no.  if PyMem_Malloc fails (i.e. returns NULL), it's the operating system
that refuses to give your process more memory.

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