Returning a float via a method yields in an approximate value received

[terminadoru]

BPO	24730
Nosy	@ronaldoussoren, @ned-deily, @zware
Files	recursive.py

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closed_at = <Date 2015-07-26.17:48:01.750>
created_at = <Date 2015-07-26.17:43:12.035>
labels = ['OS-mac', 'type-bug', 'invalid']
title = 'Returning a float via a method yields in an approximate value received'
updated_at = <Date 2015-07-26.17:48:01.748>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/terminadoru'

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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'not a bug'
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status = 'closed'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue24730'
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[terminadoru]

I was making a script to get some best configurations in a recursive manner when I noticed a weird result. In the attached script the method should return 1.3 but it received 1.2999999997

[zware]

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