[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1803: ndarray dump function (and straight cPickle) fails for large arrays

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#1803: ndarray dump function (and straight cPickle) fails for large arrays
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 Reporter:  meawoppl        |       Owner:  somebody   
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Unscheduled
Component:  Other           |     Version:  1.5.1      
 Keywords:  ndarray pickle  |  
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 a = zeros((300000, 1000))
 f = open("test.pkl", "w")
 cPickle.dump(a, f)
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 SystemError           Traceback (most recent call last)

 /home/kddcup/code/matt/svd-projection/take5/<ipython console> in
 <module>()

 SystemError: error return without exception set

 Or using the .dump function:

 a.dump("test.pkl")
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 SystemError            Traceback (most recent call last)

 /home/kddcup/code/matt/svd-projection/take5/<ipython console> in
 <module>()

 SystemError: NULL result without error in PyObject_Call

 I am not sure if this is a numpy or Pickle/cPickle glitch.  In either
 case, a more instructive error message would certainly help.  I think the
 problem only happens for arrays larger than 2**(32-1) bytes but I would
 have to experiment more to be sure.

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