Issue #6595: Allow Decimal constructor to accept non-European decimal
digits, as recommended by the specification. (Backport of r74279 from
py3k.)
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Library
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+- Issue #6595: The Decimal constructor now allows arbitrary Unicode
+ decimal digits in input, as recommended by the standard. Previously
+ it was restricted to accepting [0-9].
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- Issue #6511: ZipFile now raises BadZipfile (instead of an IOError) when
opening an empty or very small file.