[pygtk] Signal with a float argument

[Ed Catmur]

On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 18:15 +0100, BJörn Lindqvist wrote:
> ...
> gtk.binding_entry_add_signal(Foobar, gtk.keysyms.m, 0, 'ring_loud',
>                              float, 12.0)
> ...
> gtk.bindings_activate(f, gtk.keysyms.m, 0)
> 
> When running the above code on Windows it produces the following output:
> 
>   RINGING! Hello olle
>   RINGING 5.92878775009e-323
> 
> That is wrong, the second line should have been "RINGING 12.0". Is it
> a bug in PyGTK or am I doing something wrong?

And on Linux.  Evidently a bug in PyGTK; 5.92878775009e-323 is (on
x86-32) (long long) 12 aliased as double.

Ed