2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/common/include/gudhi/distance_functions.h b/src/common/include/gudhi/distance_functions.h
index e5c79ded..cd518581 100644
--- a/src/common/include/gudhi/distance_functions.h
+++ b/src/common/include/gudhi/distance_functions.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #ifndef DISTANCE_FUNCTIONS_H_
 #define DISTANCE_FUNCTIONS_H_
 
+#include <cmath>  // for std::sqrt
+
 /* Compute the Euclidean distance between two Points given
  * by a range of coordinates. The points are assumed to have 
  * the same dimension. */
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ double euclidean_distance(Point &p1, Point &p2) {
     double tmp = *it1 - *it2;
     dist += tmp*tmp;
   }
-  return sqrt(dist);
+  return std::sqrt(dist);
 }
 
 #endif  // DISTANCE_FUNCTIONS_H_
diff --git a/src/common/include/gudhi/reader_utils.h b/src/common/include/gudhi/reader_utils.h
index e05714c7..da2c2c36 100644
--- a/src/common/include/gudhi/reader_utils.h
+++ b/src/common/include/gudhi/reader_utils.h
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ inline void read_points(std::string file_name, std::vector< std::vector< double
     while (iss >> x) {
       point.push_back(x);
     }
-    points.push_back(point);
+    // Check for empty lines
+    if (!point.empty())
+      points.push_back(point);
   }
   in_file.close();
 }