Eryk Sun added the comment: mmap.mmap(-1, 2**31 + 5) could be used here. If the pages are never touched it won't increase the working set size. It merely maps the address range with demand-zero pages.
Unpatched: >>> mmap.mmap(-1, 2**31 + 5).__len__() -2147483643 Patched: >>> mmap.mmap(-1, 2**31 + 5).__len__() 2147483653L ---------- nosy: +eryksun _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue26423> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com