[issue46641] multiplication error 2.2 and 2.1

Zachary Ware added the comment: See https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/floatingpoint.html. Your computer thinks in base 2 rather than base 10, unless you ask it nicely (https://docs.python.org/3/library/decimal.html) :) -- nosy: +zach.ware resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolve

[issue46641] multiplication error 2.2 and 2.1

New submission from Br Km : Python 3.6.9 (default, Dec 8 2021, 21:08:43) [GCC 8.4.0] on linux Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> 2.2 * 2.1 4.621 >>> -- messages: 412532 nosy: jzradom priority: normal severity: normal status: open tit