1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/lib/tests/test_io.py b/numpy/lib/tests/test_io.py
index 5987a15b0..aae95ed86 100644
--- a/numpy/lib/tests/test_io.py
+++ b/numpy/lib/tests/test_io.py
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import sys
 import gzip
 import os
 import threading
+from tempfile import mkstemp, mktemp, NamedTemporaryFile
 import time
 import warnings
 import gc
-from tempfile import mkstemp, NamedTemporaryFile
 from io import BytesIO
 from datetime import datetime
 from numpy.testing.utils import WarningManager
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ class TextIO(BytesIO):
 
 MAJVER, MINVER = sys.version_info[:2]
 
+def is_64bit_platform():
+    return sys.maxsize> 2**32
+
 def strptime(s, fmt=None):
     """This function is available in the datetime module only
     from Python >= 2.5.
@@ -139,6 +142,20 @@ class TestSavezLoad(RoundtripTest, TestCase):
         for n, arr in enumerate(self.arr):
             assert_equal(arr, self.arr_reloaded['arr_%d' % n])
 
+
+    @np.testing.dec.skipif(not is_64bit_platform(), "Works only with 64bit systems")
+    @np.testing.dec.slow
+    def test_big_arrays(self):
+        L = 2**31+1
+        tmp = mktemp(suffix='.npz')
+        a = np.empty(L, dtype=np.uint8)
+        np.savez(tmp, a=a)
+        del a
+        npfile = np.load(tmp)
+        a = npfile['a']
+        npfile.close()
+        os.remove(tmp)
+
     def test_multiple_arrays(self):
         a = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]], float)
         b = np.array([[1 + 2j, 2 + 7j], [3 - 6j, 4 + 12j]], complex)