Hi there, being mostly new to python and this list, i do not want to miss the opportunity to report a strange behavior: string.atof('0.5') is valid when used by itself. However, when processing my glade-file in xmlparse.py it is causing problems: [...] File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/pyglade/build.py", line 83, in __new_widget widget = create(node) File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/pyglade/build.py", line 225, in label_new misc_set(label, node) File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/pyglade/build.py", line 214, in misc_set xalign = info.get_float('xalign', 0.5) File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/pyglade/xmlparse.py", line 88, in get_float return string.atof(self.__tags[key]) ValueError: invalid literal for atof(): 0.5 this seems quite strange to me. only to me? if this is a bug, i can not see why i should be the first to encounter. cheers, christian folini - To unsubscribe: echo "unsubscribe" | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]