--- Freevo-Weather-0.8/src/plugins/weather.py.old	2004-08-14 14:19:05.246273818 +0200
+++ Freevo-Weather-0.8/src/plugins/weather.py	2004-08-14 14:19:14.384122813 +0200
@@ -98,17 +98,17 @@
             pass
 
 def toCelcius(fTemp):
-    tTemp = float ( fTemp  )
+    tTemp = eval ( fTemp  )
     nTemp = (5.0/9.0)*(tTemp - 32.0)
     return "%d" % (nTemp,)
 
 def toKilometers(miles):
-    tTemp = float( miles )
+    tTemp = eval( miles )
     nTemp = tTemp*1.6
     return "%d" % ( int(nTemp),)
 
 def toBarometer( baro ):
-    tTemp = float( baro )
+    tTemp = eval( baro )
     nTemp = tTemp*3.386
     return "%.1f" % (nTemp,)
 
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@
         self.visibility  = self.GetString("this.swVis")
 
         # convert visibility
-        if self.convertData and self.visibility and float(self.visibility)  != 999.0:
+        if self.convertData and self.visibility and eval(self.visibility)  != 999.0:
             self.visibility = toKilometers( self.visibility )
 
         self.shortdesc = self.GetString("this.swConText")