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

[Paolo Redaelli]

Look at the this short program:

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#!/usr/bin/env python

s = "0.000000E+00"
print "Converting",s," into: ", float(s)
print "Importing gtk"

import GDK
from gtk import *
from gnome.ui import *
import GdkImlib
print "Converting",s," into: ", float(s)
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Here's its output:
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[paolo at aldebaran paolo]$ python float.py
Converting 0.000000E+00  into:  0.0
Importing gtk
Converting 0.000000E+00  into: 
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "float.py", line 11, in ?
    print "Converting",s," into: ", float(s)
ValueError: invalid literal for float(): 0.000000E+00
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The only lesson I can extract from it is that GTK breaks float!

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