Incorrect division result

[mbrijungmailcom]

BPO	23413
Nosy	@benjaminp

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title = 'Incorrect division result'
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[mbrijungmailcom]

Dear Python team,

when dividing 3 by 7, I expect to get the following result:

0.428571428571428571428571428571428571428571428571428571428571...

What I am getting in the Python interpreter is this:

>>> 3 / 7
0.42857142857142855

Which in my opinion is incorrect.

[benjaminp]

https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/floatingpoint.html