Sven Marnach

Preetz, Germany

http://marnach.net

Mathematician and software engineer.

You can contact me privately at sven (at) marnach (dot) net. If you have programming questions, please ask them here on StackOverflow. You will get much quicker answers, and everyone will profit from them.

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In-place type conversion of a NumPy array

python numpy asked Dec 8, 2010 at 16:01

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123 votes

Is "inline" without "static" or "extern" ever useful in C99?

c inline c99 asked Jun 10, 2011 at 22:14

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74 votes

How to dynamically create a derived type in the Python C-API

python derived-class python-2.x python-c-api asked Nov 9, 2011 at 14:26

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39 votes

Cyclic module dependencies and relative imports in Python

python python-import circular-dependency asked Jun 15, 2011 at 0:44

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38 votes

Why is it legal to borrow a temporary?

rust temporary asked Dec 5, 2017 at 20:36

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32 votes

Turning off the pager in git for the stash command only

git pager git-stash asked Nov 19, 2010 at 13:17

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30 votes

Why can't I use a key function that returns a reference when sorting a vector with sort_by_key?

generics rust lifetime asked Nov 5, 2017 at 13:13

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13 votes

How to keep submodule names out of the name space of a Python package?

python module package asked Mar 10, 2011 at 20:25

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11 votes

How to use a function pointer to a static member function as a template parameter?

c++ templates function-pointers asked Nov 14, 2011 at 15:00

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7 votes

Variables declared in exec'ed code don't become local in Python 3 – documentation?

python python-3.x asked Oct 5, 2011 at 22:58

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