From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) Date: 2001-08-29T23:08:04+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:20525] Re: Problem with float numbers Hi, In message "[ruby-talk:20524] Problem with float numbers" on 01/08/29, DaVinci writes: | I have found a rare problem with float numbers. It only raises when I use | Gtk extension (or so I think). I think it's caused by locale. Gtk calls setlocale() inside. Does ',' used for point in your locale? Hmm, maybe we should abondon use of locale dependent printf(3). matz.