diff --git a/Modules/Setup.in b/Modules/Setup.in
index 839cc09..eacfa67 100644
--- a/Modules/Setup.in
+++ b/Modules/Setup.in
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
 pwd pwdmodule.c		# pwd(3) 
 grp grpmodule.c		# grp(3)
 errno errnomodule.c	# posix (UNIX) errno values
+mmap mmapmodule.c       # Memory-mapped files (also works on Win32)
 select selectmodule.c	# select(2); not on ancient System V
 socket socketmodule.c	# socket(2); not on ancient System V
 #_socket socketmodule.c	# socket(2); use this one for BeOS sockets
@@ -418,6 +419,5 @@
 # See http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/
 #zlib zlibmodule.c -I$(prefix)/include -L$(exec_prefix)/lib -lz
 
-
 # Example -- included for reference only:
 # xx xxmodule.c
diff --git a/Modules/mmapmodule.c b/Modules/mmapmodule.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bff22b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/mmapmodule.c
@@ -0,0 +1,848 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4 -*-
+ /	Author: Sam Rushing <rushing@nightmare.com>
+ /  Hacked for Unix by A.M. Kuchling <amk1@bigfoot.com> 
+ /	$Id$
+
+ / mmapmodule.cpp -- map a view of a file into memory
+ /
+ / todo: need permission flags, perhaps a 'chsize' analog
+ /   not all functions check range yet!!!
+ /
+ /
+ / Note: This module currently only deals with 32-bit file
+ /   sizes.
+ /
+ / The latest version of mmapfile is maintained by Sam at
+ / ftp://squirl.nightmare.com/pub/python/python-ext.
+*/
+
+#ifndef MS_WIN32
+#define UNIX
+#endif
+
+#ifdef MS_WIN32
+#include <windows.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef UNIX
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <Python.h>
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+static PyObject *mmap_module_error;
+
+typedef struct {
+		PyObject_HEAD
+		char *	data;
+		size_t	size;
+		size_t	pos;
+
+#ifdef MS_WIN32
+		HANDLE	map_handle;
+		HFILE		file_handle;
+		char *	tagname;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef UNIX
+  /* No Unix-specific information at this point in time */
+#endif
+} mmap_object;
+
+static void
+mmap_object_dealloc(mmap_object * m_obj)
+{
+#ifdef MS_WIN32
+		UnmapViewOfFile (m_obj->data);
+		CloseHandle (m_obj->map_handle);
+		CloseHandle ((HANDLE)m_obj->file_handle);
+#endif /* MS_WIN32 */
+
+#ifdef UNIX
+		if (m_obj->data!=NULL) {
+				msync(m_obj->data, m_obj->size, MS_SYNC | MS_INVALIDATE);
+				munmap(m_obj->data, m_obj->size);
+		}
+#endif /* UNIX */
+
+		PyMem_DEL(m_obj);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+mmap_close_method (mmap_object * self, PyObject * args)
+{
+#ifdef MS_WIN32
+		UnmapViewOfFile (self->data);
+		CloseHandle (self->map_handle);
+		CloseHandle ((HANDLE)self->file_handle);
+		self->map_handle = (HANDLE) NULL;
+#endif /* MS_WIN32 */
+
+#ifdef UNIX
+		munmap(self->data, self->size);
+		self->data = NULL;
+#endif
+
+		Py_INCREF (Py_None);
+		return (Py_None);
+}
+
+#ifdef MS_WIN32
+#define CHECK_VALID(err)  											    \
+do {																	\
+	if (!self->map_handle) {											 \
+		PyErr_SetString (PyExc_ValueError, "mmap closed or invalid");\
+		return err;													     \
+	}																	 \
+} while (0)
+#endif /* MS_WIN32 */
+
+#ifdef UNIX
+#define CHECK_VALID(err)												\
+do {																	\
+    if (self->data == NULL) {										    \
+    	PyErr_SetString (PyExc_ValueError, "mmap closed or invalid");	\
+        return err;														    \
+        }																	\
+} while (0)
+#endif /* UNIX */
+
+static PyObject *
+mmap_read_byte_method (mmap_object * self,
+						   PyObject * args)
+{
+		char value;
+		char * where = (self->data+self->pos);
+		CHECK_VALID(NULL);
+		if ((where >= 0) && (where < (self->data+self->size))) {
+				value = (char) *(where);
+				self->pos += 1;
+				return Py_BuildValue("c", (char) *(where));
+		} else {
+				PyErr_SetString (PyExc_ValueError, "read byte out of range");
+				return NULL;
+		}
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+mmap_read_line_method (mmap_object * self,
+						   PyObject * args)
+{
+		char * start;
+		char * eof = self->data+self->size;
+		char * eol;
+		PyObject * result;
+
+		CHECK_VALID(NULL);
+		start = self->data+self->pos;
+
+		/* strchr was a bad idea here - there's no way to range
+		   check it.  there is no 'strnchr' */
+		for (eol = start; (eol < eof) && (*eol != '\n') ; eol++)
+		{ /* do nothing */ }
+
+		result = Py_BuildValue("s#", start, (long) (++eol - start));
+		self->pos += (eol - start);
+		return (result);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+mmap_read_method (mmap_object * self,
+					  PyObject * args)
+{
+		long num_bytes;
+		PyObject *result;
+
+		CHECK_VALID(NULL);
+		if (!PyArg_ParseTuple (args, "l", &num_bytes))
+				return(NULL);
+
+		/* silently 'adjust' out-of-range requests */
+		if ((self->pos + num_bytes) > self->size) {
+				num_bytes -= (self->pos+num_bytes) - self->size;
+		}
+		result = Py_BuildValue("s#", self->data+self->pos, num_bytes);
+		self->pos += num_bytes;  
+		return (result);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+mmap_find_method (mmap_object *self,
+					  PyObject *args)
+{
+		long start = self->pos;
+		char * needle;
+		int len;
+
+		CHECK_VALID(NULL);
+		if (!PyArg_ParseTuple (args, "s#|l", &needle, &len, &start)) {
+				return NULL;
+		} else {
+				char * p = self->data+self->pos;
+				char * e = self->data+self->size;
+				while (p < e) {
+						char * s = p;
+						char * n = needle;
+						while ((s<e) && (*n) && !(*s-*n)) {
+								s++, n++;
+						}
+						if (!*n) {
+								return Py_BuildValue ("l", (long) (p - (self->data + start)));
+						}
+						p++;
+				}
+				return Py_BuildValue ("l", (long) -1);
+		}
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+mmap_write_method (mmap_object * self,
+					   PyObject * args)
+{
+		long length;
+		char * data;
+
+		CHECK_VALID(NULL);
+		if (!PyArg_ParseTuple (args, "s#", &data, &length))
+				return(NULL);
+
+		if ((self->pos + length) > self->size) {
+				PyErr_SetString (mmap_module_error, "data out of range");
+				return NULL;
+		}
+		memcpy (self->data+self->pos, data, length);
+		self->pos = self->pos+length;
+		Py_INCREF (Py_None);
+		return (Py_None);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+mmap_write_byte_method (mmap_object * self,
+							PyObject * args)
+{
+		char value;
+
+		CHECK_VALID(NULL);
+		if (!PyArg_ParseTuple (args, "c", &value))
+				return(NULL);
+
+		*(self->data+self->pos) = value;
+		self->pos += 1;
+		Py_INCREF (Py_None);
+		return (Py_None);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+mmap_size_method (mmap_object * self,
+					  PyObject * args)
+{
+		CHECK_VALID(NULL);
+
+#ifdef MS_WIN32
+		if (self->file_handle != (HFILE) 0xFFFFFFFF) {
+				return (Py_BuildValue ("l", GetFileSize ((HANDLE)self->file_handle, NULL)));
+		} else {
+				return (Py_BuildValue ("l", self->size) );
+		}
+#endif /* MS_WIN32 */
+
+#ifdef UNIX
+		return (Py_BuildValue ("l", self->size) );
+#endif /* UNIX */
+}
+
+/* This assumes that you want the entire file mapped,
+ / and when recreating the map will make the new file
+ / have the new size
+ /
+ / Is this really necessary?  This could easily be done
+ / from python by just closing and re-opening with the
+ / new size?
+ */
+
+static PyObject *
+mmap_resize_method (mmap_object * self,
+						PyObject * args)
+{
+		unsigned long new_size;
+		CHECK_VALID(NULL);
+		if (!PyArg_ParseTuple (args, "l", &new_size)) {
+				return NULL;
+#ifdef MS_WIN32
+		} else { 
+				/* First, unmap the file view */
+				UnmapViewOfFile (self->data);
+				/* Close the mapping object */
+				CloseHandle ((HANDLE)self->map_handle);
+				/* Move to the desired EOF position */
+				SetFilePointer ((HANDLE)self->file_handle, new_size, NULL, FILE_BEGIN);
+				/* Change the size of the file */
+				SetEndOfFile ((HANDLE)self->file_handle);
+				/* Create another mapping object and remap the file view */
+				self->map_handle = CreateFileMapping ((HANDLE) self->file_handle,
+													  NULL,
+													  PAGE_READWRITE,
+													  0,
+													  new_size,
+													  self->tagname);
+				char complaint[256];
+				if (self->map_handle != NULL) {
+						self->data = (char *) MapViewOfFile (self->map_handle,
+															 FILE_MAP_WRITE,
+															 0,
+															 0,
+															 0);
+						if (self->data != NULL) {
+								self->size = new_size;
+								Py_INCREF (Py_None);
+								return Py_None;
+						} else {
+								sprintf (complaint, "MapViewOfFile failed: %ld", GetLastError());
+						}
+				} else {
+						sprintf (complaint, "CreateFileMapping failed: %ld", GetLastError());
+				}
+				PyErr_SetString (mmap_module_error, complaint);
+				return (NULL);
+		}
+#endif /* MS_WIN32 */
+
+#ifdef UNIX
+#ifndef MREMAP_MAYMOVE
+} else {
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SystemError, "mmap: resizing not available--no mremap()");
+		return NULL;
+#else
+} else {
+		void *newmap;
+
+		newmap = mremap(self->data, self->size, new_size, MREMAP_MAYMOVE);
+		if (newmap == (void *)-1) 
+		{
+				PyErr_SetFromErrno(mmap_module_error);
+				return NULL;
+		}
+		self->data = newmap;
+		self->size = new_size;
+		Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+		return Py_None;
+#endif /* MREMAP_MAYMOVE */
+#endif /* UNIX */
+}
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+mmap_tell_method (mmap_object * self, PyObject * args)
+{
+		CHECK_VALID(NULL);
+		return (Py_BuildValue ("l", self->pos) );
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+mmap_flush_method (mmap_object * self, PyObject * args)
+{
+		size_t offset	= 0;
+		size_t size	= self->size;
+		CHECK_VALID(NULL);
+		if (!PyArg_ParseTuple (args, "|ll", &offset, &size)) {
+				return NULL;
+		} else if ((offset + size) > self->size) {
+				PyErr_SetString (PyExc_ValueError, "flush values out of range");
+				return NULL;
+		} else {
+#ifdef MS_WIN32
+				return (Py_BuildValue ("l", FlushViewOfFile (self->data+offset, size)));
+#endif /* MS_WIN32 */
+#ifdef UNIX
+                /* XXX semantics of return value? */
+                /* XXX flags for msync? */
+				if (-1 == msync(self->data + offset, size, MS_SYNC | MS_INVALIDATE))
+				{
+						PyErr_SetFromErrno(mmap_module_error);
+						return NULL;
+				}
+				return Py_BuildValue ("l", 0);	
+#endif /* UNIX */	
+		}
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+mmap_seek_method (mmap_object * self, PyObject * args)
+{
+		/* ptrdiff_t dist; */
+		long dist;
+		int how=0;
+		CHECK_VALID(NULL);
+		if (!PyArg_ParseTuple (args, "l|i", &dist, &how)) {
+				return(NULL);
+		} else {
+				unsigned long where;
+				switch (how) {
+				case 0:
+						where = dist;
+						break;
+				case 1:
+						where = self->pos + dist;
+						break;
+				case 2:
+						where = self->size - dist;
+						break;
+				default:
+						PyErr_SetString (PyExc_ValueError, "unknown seek type");
+						return NULL;
+				}
+				if ((where >= 0) && (where < (self->size))) {
+						self->pos = where;
+						Py_INCREF (Py_None);
+						return (Py_None);
+				} else {
+						PyErr_SetString (PyExc_ValueError, "seek out of range");
+						return NULL;
+				}
+		}
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+mmap_move_method (mmap_object * self, PyObject * args)
+{
+		unsigned long dest, src, count;
+		CHECK_VALID(NULL);
+		if (!PyArg_ParseTuple (args, "iii", &dest, &src, &count)) {
+				return NULL;
+		} else {
+				/* bounds check the values */
+				if (/* end of source after end of data?? */
+						((src+count) > self->size)
+						/* dest will fit? */
+						|| (dest+count > self->size)) {
+						PyErr_SetString (PyExc_ValueError,
+										 "source or destination out of range");
+						return NULL;
+				} else {
+						memmove (self->data+dest, self->data+src, count);
+						Py_INCREF (Py_None);
+						return Py_None;
+				}
+		}
+}
+
+static struct PyMethodDef mmap_object_methods[] = {
+		{"close",		(PyCFunction) mmap_close_method,		1},
+		{"find",		(PyCFunction) mmap_find_method,			1},
+		{"flush",		(PyCFunction) mmap_flush_method,		1},
+		{"move",		(PyCFunction) mmap_move_method,			1},
+		{"read",		(PyCFunction) mmap_read_method,			1},
+		{"read_byte", (PyCFunction) mmap_read_byte_method,	1},
+		{"readline",	(PyCFunction) mmap_read_line_method,	1},
+		{"resize",	(PyCFunction) mmap_resize_method,		1},
+		{"seek",		(PyCFunction) mmap_seek_method,			1},
+		{"size",		(PyCFunction) mmap_size_method,			1},
+		{"tell",		(PyCFunction) mmap_tell_method,			1},
+		{"write",		(PyCFunction) mmap_write_method,		1},
+		{"write_byte",(PyCFunction) mmap_write_byte_method,	1},
+		{NULL,	   NULL}	   /* sentinel */
+};
+
+/* Functions for treating an mmap'ed file as a buffer */
+
+static int
+mmap_buffer_getreadbuf(self, index, ptr)
+        mmap_object *self;
+int index;
+const void **ptr;
+{
+		CHECK_VALID(-1);
+		if ( index != 0 ) {
+				PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SystemError, "Accessing non-existent mmap segment");
+				return -1;
+		}
+		*ptr = self->data;
+		return self->size;
+}
+
+static int
+mmap_buffer_getwritebuf(self, index, ptr)
+        mmap_object *self;
+int index;
+const void **ptr;
+{  
+		CHECK_VALID(-1);
+		if ( index != 0 ) {
+				PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SystemError, "Accessing non-existent mmap segment");
+				return -1;
+		}
+		*ptr = self->data;
+		return self->size;
+}
+
+static int
+mmap_buffer_getsegcount(self, lenp)
+        mmap_object *self;
+int *lenp;
+{
+		CHECK_VALID(-1);
+		if (lenp) 
+				*lenp = self->size;
+		return 1;
+}
+
+static int
+mmap_buffer_getcharbuffer(self, index, ptr)
+        mmap_object *self;
+int index;
+const void **ptr;
+{
+		if ( index != 0 ) {
+				PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SystemError,
+								"accessing non-existent buffer segment");
+				return -1;
+		}
+		*ptr = (const char *)self->data;
+		return self->size;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+mmap_object_getattr(mmap_object * self, char * name)
+{
+		return Py_FindMethod (mmap_object_methods, (PyObject *)self, name);
+}
+
+static int
+mmap_length(self)
+        mmap_object *self;
+{
+		CHECK_VALID(-1);
+		return self->size;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+mmap_item(self, i)
+        mmap_object *self;
+int i;
+{
+		CHECK_VALID(NULL);
+		if (i < 0 || i >= self->size) {
+				PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "mmap index out of range");
+				return NULL;
+		}
+		return PyString_FromStringAndSize(self->data + i, 1);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+mmap_slice(self, ilow, ihigh)
+        mmap_object *self;
+int ilow, ihigh;
+{
+		CHECK_VALID(NULL);
+		if (ilow < 0)
+				ilow = 0;
+		else if (ilow > self->size)
+				ilow = self->size;
+		if (ihigh < 0)
+				ihigh = 0;
+		if (ihigh < ilow)
+				ihigh = ilow;
+		else if (ihigh > self->size)
+				ihigh = self->size;
+	
+		return PyString_FromStringAndSize(self->data + ilow, ihigh-ilow);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+mmap_concat(self, bb)
+        mmap_object *self;
+PyObject *bb;
+{
+		CHECK_VALID(NULL);
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SystemError, "mmaps don't support concatenation");
+		return NULL;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+mmap_repeat(self, n)
+        mmap_object *self;
+int n;
+{
+		CHECK_VALID(NULL);
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SystemError, "mmaps don't support repeat operation");
+		return NULL;
+}
+
+static int
+mmap_ass_slice(self, ilow, ihigh, v)
+        mmap_object *self;
+int ilow, ihigh;
+PyObject *v;
+{
+		unsigned char *buf;
+
+		CHECK_VALID(-1);
+		if (ilow < 0)
+				ilow = 0;
+		else if (ilow > self->size)
+				ilow = self->size;
+		if (ihigh < 0)
+				ihigh = 0;
+		if (ihigh < ilow)
+				ihigh = ilow;
+		else if (ihigh > self->size)
+				ihigh = self->size;
+	
+		if (! (PyString_Check(v)) ) {
+				PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, 
+								"mmap slice assignment must be a string");
+				return -1;
+		}
+		if ( PyString_Size(v) != (ihigh - ilow) ) {
+				PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, 
+								"mmap slice assignment is wrong size");
+				return -1;
+		}
+		buf = PyString_AsString(v);
+		memcpy(self->data + ilow, buf, ihigh-ilow);
+		return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+mmap_ass_item(self, i, v)
+        mmap_object *self;
+int i;
+PyObject *v;
+{
+		unsigned char *buf;
+ 
+		CHECK_VALID(-1);
+		if (i < 0 || i >= self->size) {
+				PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "mmap index out of range");
+				return -1;
+		}
+		if (! (PyString_Check(v) && PyString_Size(v)==1) ) {
+				PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, 
+								"mmap assignment must be single-character string");
+				return -1;
+		}
+		buf = PyString_AsString(v);
+		self->data[i] = buf[0];
+		return 0;
+}
+
+static PySequenceMethods mmap_as_sequence = {
+        (inquiry)mmap_length,                  /*sq_length*/
+        (binaryfunc)mmap_concat,               /*sq_concat*/
+        (intargfunc)mmap_repeat,               /*sq_repeat*/
+        (intargfunc)mmap_item,                 /*sq_item*/
+        (intintargfunc)mmap_slice,             /*sq_slice*/
+        (intobjargproc)mmap_ass_item,          /*sq_ass_item*/
+        (intintobjargproc)mmap_ass_slice,      /*sq_ass_slice*/
+};
+
+static PyBufferProcs mmap_as_buffer = {
+        (getreadbufferproc)mmap_buffer_getreadbuf,
+        (getwritebufferproc)mmap_buffer_getwritebuf,
+        (getsegcountproc)mmap_buffer_getsegcount,
+        (getcharbufferproc)mmap_buffer_getcharbuffer,
+};
+
+static PyTypeObject mmap_object_type = {
+		PyObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type)
+		0,									/* ob_size */
+		"mmap",							/* tp_name */
+		sizeof(mmap_object),				/* tp_size */
+		0,									/* tp_itemsize */
+		/* methods */
+		(destructor) mmap_object_dealloc, /* tp_dealloc */
+		0,									/* tp_print */
+		(getattrfunc) mmap_object_getattr,/* tp_getattr */
+		0,									/* tp_setattr */
+		0,									/* tp_compare */
+		0,									/* tp_repr */
+		0,									/* tp_as_number */
+		&mmap_as_sequence,                /*tp_as_sequence*/
+		0,                                    /*tp_as_mapping*/
+		0,                                    /*tp_hash*/
+		0,                                    /*tp_call*/
+		0,                                    /*tp_str*/
+		0,                                    /*tp_getattro*/
+		0,                                    /*tp_setattro*/
+		&mmap_as_buffer,                  /*tp_as_buffer*/
+		Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GETCHARBUFFER,        /*tp_flags*/
+		0,                                    /*tp_doc*/
+};
+
+#ifdef UNIX 
+static PyObject *
+new_mmap_object (PyObject * self, PyObject * args, PyObject *kwdict)
+{
+		mmap_object * m_obj;
+		unsigned long map_size;
+		int fd, flags = MAP_SHARED, prot = PROT_WRITE | PROT_READ;
+		char * filename;
+		int namelen;
+		char *keywords[] = {"file", "size", "flags", "prot", NULL};
+
+		if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwdict, 
+										 "il|ii", keywords, 
+										 &fd, &map_size, &flags, &prot)
+				)
+				return NULL;
+  
+		m_obj = PyObject_NEW (mmap_object, &mmap_object_type);
+		if (m_obj == NULL) {return NULL;}
+		m_obj->size = (size_t) map_size;
+		m_obj->pos = (size_t) 0;
+		m_obj->data = mmap(NULL, map_size, 
+						   prot, flags,
+						   fd, 0);
+		if (m_obj->data == (void *)-1)
+		{
+				Py_DECREF(m_obj);
+				PyErr_SetFromErrno(mmap_module_error);
+				return NULL;
+		}
+		return (PyObject *)m_obj;
+}
+#endif /* UNIX */
+
+#ifdef MS_WIN32
+static PyObject *
+new_mmap_object (PyObject * self, PyObject * args)
+{
+		mmap_object * m_obj;
+		unsigned long map_size;
+		char * filename;
+		int namelen;
+		char * tagname;
+
+		char complaint[256];
+		HFILE fh = 0;
+		OFSTRUCT file_info;
+
+		if (!PyArg_Parse (args,
+						  "(s#zl)",
+						  &filename,
+						  &namelen,
+						  &tagname,
+						  &map_size)
+				)
+				return NULL;
+  
+		/* if an actual filename has been specified */
+		if (namelen != 0) {
+				fh = OpenFile (filename, &file_info, OF_READWRITE);
+				if (fh == HFILE_ERROR) {
+						sprintf (complaint, "OpenFile failed: %ld", GetLastError());
+						PyErr_SetString(mmap_module_error, complaint);
+						return NULL;
+				}
+		}
+
+		m_obj = PyObject_NEW (mmap_object, &mmap_object_type);
+	
+		if (fh) {
+				m_obj->file_handle = fh;
+				if (!map_size) {
+						m_obj->size = GetFileSize ((HANDLE)fh, NULL);
+				} else {
+						m_obj->size = map_size;
+				}
+		}
+		else {
+				m_obj->file_handle = (HFILE) 0xFFFFFFFF;
+				m_obj->size = map_size;
+		}
+
+		/* set the initial position */
+		m_obj->pos = (size_t) 0;
+
+		m_obj->map_handle = CreateFileMapping ((HANDLE) m_obj->file_handle,
+											   NULL,
+											   PAGE_READWRITE,
+											   0,
+											   m_obj->size,
+											   tagname);
+		if (m_obj->map_handle != NULL) {
+				m_obj->data = (char *) MapViewOfFile (m_obj->map_handle,
+													  FILE_MAP_WRITE,
+													  0,
+													  0,
+													  0);
+				if (m_obj->data != NULL) {
+						return ((PyObject *) m_obj);
+				} else {
+						sprintf (complaint, "MapViewOfFile failed: %ld", GetLastError());
+				}
+		} else {
+				sprintf (complaint, "CreateFileMapping failed: %ld", GetLastError());
+		}
+		PyErr_SetString (mmap_module_error, complaint);
+		return (NULL);
+}
+#endif /* MS_WIN32 */
+
+/* List of functions exported by this module */
+static struct PyMethodDef mmap_functions[] = {
+#ifdef MS_WIN32
+		{"mmap",		(PyCFunction) new_mmap_object},
+#endif /* MS_WIN32 */
+
+#ifdef UNIX
+		{"mmap",		(PyCFunction) new_mmap_object, 
+		 METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS},
+#endif /* UNIX */
+		{NULL,			NULL}		 /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+#ifdef MS_WIN32
+extern"C" __declspec(dllexport) void
+#endif /* MS_WIN32 */
+#ifdef UNIX
+extern void
+#endif
+
+initmmap(void)
+{
+		PyObject *dict, *module;
+		module = Py_InitModule ("mmap", mmap_functions);
+		dict = PyModule_GetDict (module);
+		mmap_module_error = PyString_FromString ("mmap error");
+		PyDict_SetItemString (dict, "error", mmap_module_error);
+
+#ifdef PROT_EXEC
+		PyDict_SetItemString (dict, "PROT_EXEC", PyInt_FromLong(PROT_EXEC) );
+#endif
+#ifdef PROT_READ
+		PyDict_SetItemString (dict, "PROT_READ", PyInt_FromLong(PROT_READ) );
+#endif
+#ifdef PROT_WRITE
+		PyDict_SetItemString (dict, "PROT_WRITE", PyInt_FromLong(PROT_WRITE) );
+#endif
+
+#ifdef MAP_SHARED
+		PyDict_SetItemString (dict, "MAP_SHARED", PyInt_FromLong(MAP_SHARED) );
+#endif
+#ifdef MAP_PRIVATE
+		PyDict_SetItemString (dict, "MAP_PRIVATE", PyInt_FromLong(MAP_PRIVATE) );
+#endif
+#ifdef MAP_DENYWRITE
+		PyDict_SetItemString (dict, "MAP_DENYWRITE", PyInt_FromLong(MAP_DENYWRITE) );
+#endif
+#ifdef MAP_EXECUTABLE
+		PyDict_SetItemString (dict, "MAP_EXECUTABLE", PyInt_FromLong(MAP_EXECUTABLE) );
+#endif
+#ifdef MAP_ANON
+		PyDict_SetItemString (dict, "MAP_ANON", PyInt_FromLong(MAP_ANON) );
+		PyDict_SetItemString (dict, "MAP_ANONYMOUS", PyInt_FromLong(MAP_ANON) );
+#endif
+
+#ifdef UNIX
+		PyDict_SetItemString (dict, "PAGESIZE", PyInt_FromLong( (long)getpagesize() ) );
+#endif
+
+}
+
+
+