On Jan 25, 2:37 pm, "Alf P. Steinbach" <al...@start.no> wrote: > * AlexM: > > > > > On Jan 25, 2:07 pm, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > >> On 1/25/2010 2:05 PM, Alexander Moibenko wrote: > > >>> I have a simple question to which I could not find an answer. > >> Because it has no finite answer > > >>> What is the total maximal size of list including size of its elements? > >> In theory, unbounded. In practice, limited by the memory of the > >> interpreter. > > >> The maximum # of elements depends on the interpreter. Each element can > >> be a list whose maximum # of elements ..... and recursively so on... > > >> Terry Jan Reedy > > > I am not asking about maximum numbers of elements I am asking about > > total maximal size of list including size of its elements. In other > > words: > > if size of each list element is ELEMENT_SIZE and all elements have the > > same size what would be the maximal number of these elements in 32 - > > bit architecture? > > I see 3 GB, and wonder why? Why not 2 GB or not 4 GB? > > At a guess you were running this in 32-bit Windows. By default it reserves the > upper two gig of address space for mapping system DLLs. It can be configured > to > use just 1 gig for that, and it seems like your system is, or you're using > some > other system with that kind of behavior, or, it's just arbitrary... > > Cheers & hth., > > - Alf (by what mechanism do socks disappear from the washer?)
No, it is 32-bit Linux. Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list