[issue39576] Surprising MemoryError in `decimal` with MAX_PREC

[Stefan Krah]

Stefan Krah <stefan at bytereef.org> added the comment:

> This looks like a "new feature/improvement". Why was this code backported to a stable version?

Thanks for the lecture. This is an esoteric case between bugfix and
feature that only occurs with very large context precisions.

If Bloomberg isn't happy with _decimal, they can stop using it.
I'm not paid by them.

Which AIX buildbot fails? There are many green ones.

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