On May 25, 10:50 am, "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.
The OS will take care of memory swapping. It might get slow, but I don't think it should fail. Matt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
