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

[jepler epler]

On 06 Jun 2000 16:32:40 +0100, Michael Hudson
 <mwh21 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>My money's on so bizzarre interaction with libc, myself.

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

Jeff