[Python-bugs-list] [Bug #117305] Limited precision enter 3.14 you get 3.1400000000000001

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Bug #117305, was updated on 2000-Oct-19 15:44
Here is a current snapshot of the bug.

Project: Python
Category: Documentation
Status: Closed
Resolution: Fixed
Bug Group: None
Priority: 5
Summary: Limited precision enter 3.14 you get 3.1400000000000001

Details: Just downloaded version 2.0
This is my first day, so I have no experience with Python at all.
I don't know if this is a bug, but according to the online docs 

x = 10 * 3.14 should give me 31.4 not 31.400000000000002.


Follow-Ups:

Date: 2000-Oct-19 20:06
By: fdrake

Comment:
This is a function of the inherant behavior of floating point operations rather than a bug in the implementation.  This does, however, reflect a point on which the documentation is slightly out of date; the full precision of floating point values used to not be reported at the interactive prompt.

The Tutorial is updated as Doc/tut/tut.tex revision 1.119.
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