Lazy Method for Reading Big File in Python?

Question

I have a very big file 4GB and when I try to read it my computer hangs. So I want to read it piece by piece and after processing each piece store the processed piece into an

Answer 1

i am not allowed to comment due to my low reputation, but SilentGhosts solution should be much easier with file.readlines([sizehint])

python file methods

edit: SilentGhost is right, but this should be better than:

s = "" 
for i in xrange(100): 
   s += file.next()