gh-100425: Update tutorial docs related to sum() accuracy by neuralstring · Pull Request #101854

gh-100425: Update tutorial docs related to sum() accuracy by neuralstring · Pull Request #101854 · python/cpython

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		True
		>>> sum([0.1]*10) == 1.0
		>>> 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 == 1.0
		False

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Can confirm:

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Python 3.12.0a5+ (heads/main:dfc2e065a2, Feb 12 2023, 11:14:56) [MSC v.1929 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
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>>> sum([0.1]*10) == 1.0
True
>>> 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 == 1.0
False

@rhettinger as an author of the referenced PR.

arhadthedev changed the title ~~Update tutorial docs related to sum() accuracy~~ gh-100425: Update tutorial docs related to sum() accuracy

Feb 12, 2023

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Please add doctest directives throughout this page. It would have been nice for this issue to have been detected automatically.

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