[issue22134] string formatting float rounding errors

[Ned Deily]

Ned Deily added the comment:

What you are seeing is due to the limitations of binary floating-point arithmetic.  The issue is described in more detail in the Python tutorial:

https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/floatingpoint.html#tut-fp-issues

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nosy: +ned.deily
resolution:  -> not a bug
stage:  -> resolved
status: open -> closed

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