On 11/17/06, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The default configuration for WinXP is 2GB shared OS, and 2GB > process... I believe there is some registry setting that can change that > to 1GB/3GB.
I did some research and it looks like it does apply to XP (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833721#) However it does say: A program must be designed to take advantage of the additional memory address space. I don't know what that means. However this blog comment (http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/08/05/208908.aspx#209332) suggests: Just flipping /3GB isn't enough for most programs. It has the effect on the kernel, true, but unless your process's executable has the Large Address Space Aware flag set, Windows won't actually give you the full 3GB space. Link your executable with /LARGEADDRESSAWARE or use EDITBIN. ... Is this something that has to be done when building Python, was it already done by default, or can my Python script affect this somehow? I'd like to use the /3GB switch if possible. Finally a side question: How does Python use memory on a 64 bit OS? Is there a lot more available to it by default? -Greg -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
