[New-bugs-announce] [issue43422] Revert _decimal C API changes

[Antoine Pitrou]

New submission from Antoine Pitrou <pitrou at free.fr>:

Stefan Krah (who doesn't have access rights here, and is the author of the C _decimal module) asked me to transmit me this request:
"""
The capsule API does not meet my testing standards, since I've focused
on the upstream mpdecimal in the last couple of months.

Additionally, I'd like to refine the API, perhaps together with the
Arrow community.
"""

The relevant diff is here:
https://github.com/python/cpython/compare/master...skrah:revert_decimal_capsule_api

I can turn it into a PR but first I'd like to gather reactions here.

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components: Extension Modules
messages: 388205
nosy: facundobatista, mark.dickinson, pitrou, rhettinger, serhiy.storchaka
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Revert _decimal C API changes
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.10

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