[issue25177] OverflowError in statistics.mean when summing large floats

[Bar Harel]

Bar Harel added the comment:

Alright,
Seems like the problem is bigger than I thought. PEP 238 (https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0238/) mentions that problem.
Using the new division, // will cause a floor while / will cause an OverflowError.
An ugly way around it involves type checking or reverting back to the classic division.

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nosy: +benjamin.peterson, mark.dickinson

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