diff --git a/src/m_scaling.scad b/src/m_scaling.scad
index fb61f9a4..0c4dfd74 100644
--- a/src/m_scaling.scad
+++ b/src/m_scaling.scad
@@ -8,15 +8,18 @@
 *
 **/
 
-function _to_svect(s) =
-     len(s) == 3 ? s : (
-         len(s) == 2 ? [s[0], s[1], 1] : (
-             len(s) == 1 ? [s[0], 1, 1] : [s, s, s]
-         ) 
+include <__private__/__is_float.scad>;
+
+function _to_3_elems_scaling_vect(s) =
+     let(leng = len(s))
+     leng == 3 ? s : (
+         leng == 2 ? [s[0], s[1], 1] : [s[0], 1, 1]
      );
 
+function _to_scaling_vect(s) = __is_float(s) ? [s, s, s] : _to_3_elems_scaling_vect(s);
+
 function m_scaling(s) = 
-    let(v = _to_svect(s))
+    let(v = _to_scaling_vect(s))
     [
         [v[0], 0, 0, 0],
         [0, v[1], 0, 0],