Large Amount of Data

[Matimus]

On May 25, 10:50 am, "Jack" <nos... at invalid.com> wrote:
> I need to process large amount of data. The data structure fits well
> in a dictionary but the amount is large - close to or more than the size
> of physical memory. I wonder what will happen if I try to load the data
> into a dictionary. Will Python use swap memory or will it fail?
>
> Thanks.

The OS will take care of memory swapping. It might get slow, but I
don't think it should fail.

Matt