artemp/trac2github — Issue #209: Filter expressions fail when using numeric fields via XML
Author: artemp
Created: 2011-10-09 20:20:57+00:00
State: closed
Labels: XML

ajturner discovered that a shapefile with a field like 1970 caused a parsing failure when read from XML:

{{{
load_map(m, mapfile)
UserWarning: Failed to parse filter expression:
[1970] >= 0 and [1970] < 23562.2217390467
Parsing aborted at '[' in style '0a791c5e4e983fe9'
}}}