[issue12558] Locale-dependent crash for float width argument to Tkinter widget constructor

Hans Bering added the comment: Sorry for the misclassification, and thanks for correcting that. I agree, this issue is most likely related to issue 10647; but at some level I think they must be different, because issue 10647 seems to be specific to Python 3.1 under Windows; I could not reprod

[issue12558] Locale-dependent crash for float width argument to Tkinter widget constructor

Guilherme Polo added the comment: Why is this a bug ? You passed something that is not supposed to work with tk and tk said so. -- ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue12558] Locale-dependent crash for float width argument to Tkinter widget constructor

Changes by R. David Murray : -- superseder: scrollbar crash in non-US locale format settings -> ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bug

[issue12558] Locale-dependent crash for float width argument to Tkinter widget constructor

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[issue12558] Locale-dependent crash for float width argument to Tkinter widget constructor

R. David Murray added the comment: FYI 'crash' is for segfault. A traceback is "just a bug" :) I'm not sure that this it is worth having this as a separate bug from #10647, but I'll let someone with tk knowledge decide that. -- nosy: +kbk, r.david.murray, terry.reedy superseder: ->

[issue12558] Locale-dependent crash for float width argument to Tkinter widget constructor

New submission from Hans Bering : The attached script will crash on a current Ubuntu with Python 3.2 + tcl/tk when using a locale which uses a comma as a decimal separator (e.g., German). It will not crash when using a locale which uses a dot as the decimal separator (e.g., English). In case o