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Author eryksun
Recipients Dave Hibbitts, RazerM, eryksun, georg.brandl, mark.dickinson, paul.moore, pitrou, serhiy.storchaka, steve.dower, tim.golden, vstinner, zach.ware
Date 2016-02-24.15:16:34
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mmap.mmap(-1, 2**31 + 5) could be used here. If the pages are never touched it won't increase the working set size. It merely maps the address range with demand-zero pages.

Unpatched:

    >>> mmap.mmap(-1, 2**31 + 5).__len__()
    -2147483643

Patched:

    >>> mmap.mmap(-1, 2**31 + 5).__len__()
    2147483653L
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2016-02-24 15:16:35eryksunsetrecipients: + eryksun, georg.brandl, paul.moore, mark.dickinson, pitrou, vstinner, tim.golden, zach.ware, serhiy.storchaka, steve.dower, RazerM, Dave Hibbitts
2016-02-24 15:16:35eryksunsetmessageid: <1456326995.05.0.165999639886.issue26423@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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