[Tim]
>> But I wouldn't change repr() - the internal representation is fully
>> documented, and it's appropriate for repr() to reflect documented
>> internals as directly as possible.

[Alex]
> Note that in the case of float repr, the consideration of user convenience
> did win over "reflect documented internals as directly as possible."

?  Nothing is documented about float internals, beyond "whatever a
platform C double is" in CPython.
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