[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1660: ~2**32 byte tofile()/fromfile() limit in 64-bit Windows

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#1660: ~2**32 byte tofile()/fromfile() limit in 64-bit Windows
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 Reporter:  mspacek                                   |       Owner:  somebody    
     Type:  defect                                    |      Status:  needs_review
 Priority:  normal                                    |   Milestone:  1.5.1       
Component:  numpy.core                                |     Version:  1.5.0       
 Keywords:  tofile fromfile save load 64-bit windows  |  
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Comment(by mspacek):

 Also, I think I've figured out why the IOError was being raised during the
 direct call to np.fromfile(), but not during the indirect call via
 np.load(). fromfile's count arg defaults to -1, specifying all entries,
 which drops it into the loop in /numpy/core/src/multiarray/ctors.c line
 ~3037. There, it explicitly does some normal 32 bit seek calls, and those
 were failing. In np.load(), fromfile is called with count set explicitly
 to something positive, which means all the seeking stuff is skipped, and
 it goes clean through to the fread call without any problems.

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