On 5/25/07, Jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
Could you process it in chunks, instead of reading in all the data at once? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list