[Doc-SIG] Re: Issues with 2.1 doc PDF files

[Guido van Rossum]

> Being curious, I typed the following into Pythonwin and am
> quite baffled by the results:
> 
>   PythonWin 2.0 (#8, Oct 16 2000, 17:27:58) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] 
>   [...]
>   >>> x = 10 * 3.14
>   >>> x
>   31.400000000000002
>   >>> x == 31.4
>   0
>   >>> 3.14
>   3.1400000000000001
>   >>> 

Yes, this is baffling at first, and a FAQ, if you knwo where to look:

http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/moinmoin/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#line24

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)