thomasvang...@gmail.com schrieb: > I just recently learned python, I'm using it mainly to process huge > <5GB txt files of ASCII information about DNA. I've decided to learn > 3.0, but maybe I need to step back to 2.6? > > I'm getting exceedingly frustrated by the slow file IO behaviour of > python 3.0. I know that a bug-report was submitted here: > http://bugs.python.org/issue4533. And a solution was posted. > However, i don't know how to apply this patch. I've searched the > forums and tried: > C:\python30> patch -p0 < fileio_buffer.patch > The patch command is not recognized..
You need the Python sources, a patch utility and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 in order to compile Python yourself. > > Any help on implementing this patch, or advice on moving back to the > older version is appreciated. I suggest you stick with Python 2.5 or 2.6. Python 3.0 isn't as mature as the 2.x series. It's brand new, lot's of things have changed, too. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
