[Biopython] Retrieving fasta seqs

Peter biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk
Tue Feb 2 14:50:21 UTC 2010


On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Kevin Lam <aboulia at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes I got a "memory error" when the job died.
> The uncompressed ids file is about 680 mb. Perhaps storing in set will
> increase the file space but
> I assumed that it would still fit comfortably in 4gb of ram even if its a
> 32bit limit.
> its a mystery I am dying to solve if I have more time.
>
> I do not have the code right now will post up soon but it is almost the same
> as the list method

Kevin - If you can show us the script and the traceback it would be
very helpful. This would tell us where the memory failure is (e.g.
loading the list of IDs).

Alvaro - Don't worry for your example, Kevin is trying to work on
some very very big files (this is a continuation of an earlier
discussion on the mailing list).

Peter



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