GTK breaks float! (related to "float does not parse 0.00000E+00")

[Calvelo Daniel]

jepler epler <jepler.lnk at lnk.ispi.net> wrote:

: I'm guessing that 'import gnome.ui' sets the locale, including the
: numeric format:
: 	$ env LC_NUMERIC=en_US python -c 'import gnome.ui; print float("1.1")'
: 	1.1
: 	$ env LC_NUMERIC=de_DE python -c 'import gnome.ui; print float("1.1")'
: 	Traceback (innermost last):
: 	  File "<string>", line 1, in ?
: 	Value Error: invalid literal for float(): 1.1

Same here. Debian woody Linux. gnome-libs-1.2.1, python-gtk 0.6.6 and python-gnome debian package 1.0.53.

: Jeff

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