[issue39576] Surprising MemoryError in `decimal` with MAX_PREC

[Pablo Galindo Salgado]

Pablo Galindo Salgado <pablogsal at gmail.com> added the comment:

> I mean, it's not okay to complain about a regression and then
mention xlc about 10 mails later.

How is this related? Or is not ok to report a behaviour change in a stable release even if the platform is "best-effort"?

A regression by definition is a behaviour change between two versions. AIX is a "best-effort" platform, not a fully-supported one and I am well aware. I have not asked for a revert in anycase, precisely because of that (that decision should be up the release manager anyway), I am just communicating the regression. And doing so is perfectly "ok", even If I am using xlc (which is the native compiler on AIX).

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