[vtk-developers] [VTK 0012121]: STL reader internationalisation screws up

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://www.paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=12121 
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Reported By:                Jacques Papper
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    VTK
Issue ID:                   12121
Category:                   (No Category)
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2011-04-22 04:48 EDT
Last Modified:              2011-04-22 04:48 EDT
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Summary:                    STL reader internationalisation screws up
Description: 
in the vtkSTLReader.C you use the fscanf method for parsing.
The problem is that on operating systems where the decimal point is a comma
instead of a point, this messes up everything as the STL format itself is not
country dependant..
I think it would be best to enforce the locale for the fscanf in order for VTK /
ParaView to be able to load STLs in different country OS.


Steps to Reproduce: 
Install VTK / ParaView on German or French Linux OS. 
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Issue History 
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2011-04-22 04:48 Jacques Papper New Issue                                    
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