test_mmap uses cruel and unusual amounts of disk space

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
performance, testing

Research direction

The issue identifies test_mmap and linked PR gh-101774; start by reviewing the test and the pull request discussion. Done means reducing the test's disk-space usage while preserving its intended coverage.

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Description

performance tests
BPO 23953
Nosy @pitrou, @larryhastings

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2015-04-14.18:17:35.554>
labels = ['tests', 'performance']
title = 'test_mmap uses cruel and unusual amounts of disk space'
updated_at = <Date 2015-04-15.03:37:31.362>
user = 'https://github.com/larryhastings'

bugs.python.org fields:

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assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Tests']
creation = <Date 2015-04-14.18:17:35.554>
creator = 'larry'
dependencies = []
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hgrepos = []
issue_num = 23953
keywords = []
message_count = 6.0
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nosy_count = 2.0
nosy_names = ['pitrou', 'larry']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'resource usage'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue23953'
versions = ['Python 3.4', 'Python 3.5']

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