NCam : Can not enter float values after update to latest deb

    def compute(self):
        qualified = ''
        temp = self.vkb_entry.get_text()
        while temp.count('(') > temp.count(')') :
            temp = temp + ')'
        self.opened_paren = 0
        self.save_edit = temp
#        if decimal_point != '.' :
#            temp = temp.replace(decimal_point, '.')
        temp = temp.replace('Pi', str(math.pi).replace(".",decimal_point))
        for i in('-', '+', '/', '*', '(', ')'):
            temp = temp.replace(i, " %s " % i)
        for i in temp.split():
            try:
                i = str(locale.atof(i))
            except:
                pass
            if i.isdigit():
                qualified = qualified + str(float(i))
            else:
                qualified = qualified + i
        try :
            return True, eval(qualified)
        except :
            return False, 0.0

locale not loaded
decimal_point [. or ,] = .

base string = 2.5
replace decimal_point with a dot in 2.5
converted string = 2.5
float(converted string) * 2 = 5.000000
locale.atof(base string) = 2.500000
float(base string) = 2.500000
---------

locale loaded
('fr_CA', 'UTF-8')

decimal_point [. or ,] = ,

base string = 2,5
replace decimal_point with a dot in 2,5
converted string = 2.5
float(converted string) * 2 = 5.000000
locale.atof(base string) = 2.500000
cannot convert 2,5 to float with float(2,5)

gmoccapy@machinekit:~$ cd Downloads/
gmoccapy@machinekit:~/Downloads$ python test.py 

locale not loaded
decimal_point [. or ,] = .

base string = 2.5
replace decimal_point with a dot in 2.5
converted string = 2.5
float(converted string) * 2 = 5.000000
locale.atof(base string) = 2.500000
float(base string) = 2.500000
---------

locale loaded
('de_DE', 'UTF-8')

decimal_point [. or ,] = ,

base string = 2,5
replace decimal_point with a dot in 2,5
converted string = 2.5
float(converted string) * 2 = 5.000000
locale.atof(base string) = 2.500000
cannot convert 2,5 to float with float(2,5)
gmoccapy@machinekit:~/Downloads$ 

try :
	print('locale.atof(base string) = %f' % (locale.atof(s)))
	print('float(base string) = %f' % (eval(str(locale.atof(s)))))
except :
	print('cannot convert %s to float with float(%s)' % (s, s))