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diff --git a/doc/release/1.8.0-notes.rst b/doc/release/1.8.0-notes.rst index 127226054..a70061fba 100644 --- a/doc/release/1.8.0-notes.rst +++ b/doc/release/1.8.0-notes.rst @@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ fact, it never was true in some corner cases). Instead, use For more information check the "Internal memory layout of an ndarray" section in the documentation. +IO compatibility with large files +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Large NPZ files >2GB can be loaded on 64-bit systems. + New Features ============ @@ -136,6 +141,11 @@ A simple test runner script ``runtests.py`` was added. It also builds Numpy via Improvements ============ +IO performance improvements +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Performance in reading large files was improved by chunking (see also IO compatibility). + Performance improvements to `pad` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The `pad` function has a new implementation, greatly improving performance for |