[issue27743] Python 2 has a wrong artificial limit on the amount of memory that can be allocated in ctypes

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: It was fixed in issue16865. -- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka resolution: -> out of date stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue27743] Python 2 has a wrong artificial limit on the amount of memory that can be allocated in ctypes

Eryk Sun added the comment: AFAIK this only affects Windows. It looks like a relatively simple fix. In PyCArrayType_new, change the declaration of `length` to Py_ssize_t to match the definition StgDictObject.length; ensure the _length_ attribute is an index via PyIndex_Check instead of

[issue27743] Python 2 has a wrong artificial limit on the amount of memory that can be allocated in ctypes

New submission from tzickel: Python 2 has a wrong artificial limit on the amount of memory that can be allocated in ctypes via sequence repeating (i.e. using create_string_buffer or c_char * ) The problem is practical in Windows 64 bit, when running python 64 bit, since in that platform the