Backport of r59241: str.decode fails on very long strings on 64bit platforms.
PyArgs_ParseTuple t# and w# formats truncated the lengths to 32bit.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 30c45d1..2c9f5fd 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
Core and builtins
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+- Issue #1521: On 64bit platforms, using PyArgs_ParseTuple with the t# of w#
+ format code incorrectly truncated the length to an int, even when
+ PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN is set. The str.decode method used to return incorrect
+ results with huge strings.
+
- Issue #1445: Fix a SystemError when accessing the ``cell_contents``
attribute of an empty cell object.