Issue #5829: don't raise OverflowError for complex('1e500').  Backport of r72803.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #5829: complex("1e500") no longer raises OverflowError.  This
+  makes it consistent with float("1e500") and interpretation of real
+  and imaginary literals.
+
 - Issue #3527: Removed Py_WIN_WIDE_FILENAMES which is not used any more.
 
 - __instancecheck__ and __subclasscheck__ are now completely ignored on classic