David Lees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want to process large binary files (>2GB) in Python. I have played
> around with prototypes in pure Python and profiled the code. Most of
> the time seems to be spent converting back and forth to and from strings
> using the struct module. Is there a way to directly read into an array
> of integers in Python?
>>> import array
>>> x=array.array('l')
>>> help(x.fromfile)
Help on built-in function fromfile:
fromfile(...)
fromfile(f, n)
Read n objects from the file object f and append them to the end of
the array. Also called as read.
Alex
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