float arguments in scientific notation not supported by argparse #66862

assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2015-03-27.20:52:03.836>
created_at = <Date 2014-10-19.18:10:15.715>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library']
title = 'float arguments in scientific notation not supported by argparse'
updated_at = <Date 2015-03-28.11:51:22.375>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/jnespolo'

activity = <Date 2015-03-28.11:51:22.375>
actor = 'abacabadabacaba'
assignee = 'none'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2015-03-27.20:52:03.836>
closer = 'paul.j3'
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2014-10-19.18:10:15.715>
creator = 'jnespolo'
dependencies = []
files = ['36972', '37007', '37008']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 22672
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 9.0
messages = ['229689', '229958', '229959', '229960', '229985', '229990', '230018', '230172', '239436']
nosy_count = 6.0
nosy_names = ['terry.reedy', 'bethard', 'r.david.murray', 'abacabadabacaba', 'paul.j3', 'jnespolo']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'duplicate'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = '9334'
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue22672'
versions = ['Python 3.4', 'Python 3.5']