Den 26.02.2011 16:09, skrev Jaidev Deshpande: > Hi > > How can I know the size of the largest possible 2-D array in numpy, > given a specific 'dtype' and my system memory? >
The largest array size is not dicatated by system memory but virtual memory. On Windws the available virtual address space is 2 GB with x86 and 16 TB with AMD64. If you have less physical memory than the array size, the OS will swap some of it to disk. Sturla _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list [email protected] http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
