out of memory whilt using loadtxt
<p>I try to use <code>loadtxt('x.txt', delimiter=' ')</code> on a file that is 6,8 GB in size. This gives a memory error. My computer have 8 GB memory. When I look at my computer performance meter I see that Python gives the error message already when just 3,4 GB of the memory is used. Why does not Python try to use the remaining 4,6 GB before giving in?</p>

<p>Yours!</p>

<p>Per P.</p>
