Berker Peksag added the comment:
Thanks for the report, but it works as expected. Please see
https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/floatingpoint.html for more information.
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nosy: +berker.peksag
resolution: -> not a bug
stage: -> resolved
status: open -> closed
New submission from Jacopo:
$ python
Python 2.7.3 (default, Jun 21 2016, 18:38:19)
[GCC 4.7.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> 69.90 + 2.90
72.81
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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 283684
nosy: r00ta
priority: norma