[New-bugs-announce] [issue11300] mmap() large file failures on Mac OS X docfix

[Steffen Daode Nurpmeso]

New submission from Steffen Daode Nurpmeso <sdaoden at googlemail.com>:

Issue 11277 was closed upon the generally accepted conclusion that the failure is that mmap(2) on Mac OS X has a long time known bug (see msg129107, or directly http://lists.apple.com/archives/darwin-development/2003/Jun/msg00141.html).

Issue 11277 fixed the problem in the test suite, but it does give end-users no hint that such a problem exists (on the documentation side).  And it's my believe that a beginner or even a non-low-level programmer may be lost in an equal situation.  (Though one could argue that such a HE should not use mmap(2), but everyone has a first-time somewhen, say.)

In addition, there are many people who don't have the chance to work/test on multiple operating systems and/or hardware, and who need the hand of people who are experienced and can give hints on stupidiness or however this word is correctly spelled.  (Am i preaching already?)

Because Python is expected to be a user-friendly language i do request a documentation patch which gives a hint.  I'll apply a patch, but i'm somewhat new to Python and rST etc., so it surely needs a hand.  (Maybe even its speech is too aggressive??)

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
files: doc_lib_mmap.patch
keywords: patch
messages: 129221
nosy: docs at python, sdaoden
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: mmap() large file failures on Mac OS X docfix
type: feature request
versions: Python 3.2, Python 3.3
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file20867/doc_lib_mmap.patch

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