[python-win32] pb with string conversion to float and GetObject call

[Bob Gailer]

Double-Hmm ... I can not duplicate this behavior on my Win 2k Server
:
At 08:10 AM 9/10/2003, popov wrote:

>Here's a strange one:
>
>print float('8.4')
>
>Works as expected.
>But:
>
>import win32com.client
>obj = win32com.client.GetObject ("winmgmts:")
>print float('8.4')
>
>Throws a 'ValueError: invalid literal for float(): 8.4' exception on the
>print line !
>If you use '8,4' instead of '8.4', then it works (!). So it seems that some
>locals have been modified here by the call to GetObject (without this call -
>leaving only the import statement - the problem does not show up).
>Note that using 'LDAP:' instead of 'winmgmts:', everything is ok. So maybe
>the culprit is the winmgmts provider...
>If someone could test this and let me know the results. Thx
>
>My system: W2k Server english, python 2.3, pywin32 for python 2.3.
>
>
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Bob Gailer
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