Why python has limit for count of file handles?

Question

I writed simple code for test, how much files may be open in python script:

for i in xrange(2000):
    fp = open(\'files/file_%d\' % i, \'w\')
    fp.write(s         


        

Answer 1

To check change the limit of open file handles on Linux, you can use the Python module resource:

import resource

# the soft limit imposed by the current configuration
# the hard limit imposed by the operating system.
soft, hard = resource.getrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_NOFILE)
print 'Soft limit is ', soft 

# For the following line to run, you need to execute the Python script as root.
resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_NOFILE, (3000, hard))

On Windows, I do as Punit S suggested:

import platform

if platform.system() == 'Windows':
    import win32file
    win32file._setmaxstdio(2048)