[issue1521] string.decode() fails on long strings

[Amaury Forgeot d'Arc]

Amaury Forgeot d'Arc added the comment:

> What else needs to be done to make sure your patch finds it's way 
> to the Python core?

Nothing I suppose. It appears like an inconsistency in the source code,
and it happens to correct a real problem. I will commit it in a few hours.

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