On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Benjamin Peterson <benja...@python.org> wrote:
> Isn't this usually when you do something like [None]*2**300? In that > case, wouldn't you know how much memory you're requesting? It could happen on any malloc. It depends on how much you have free. Don't think on getting a MemoryError on a python you just opened in the console. Think about a server with a month of uptime, where you have all the memory fragmented, etc. > Also, why is that useful? It helps to determine why we're having some Memory Errors on our long-lived server, how is the behaviour when that happens, etc. Regards, -- . Facundo Blog: http://www.taniquetil.com.ar/plog/ PyAr: http://www.python.org/ar/ _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
