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+- Issue #3449: Update decimal module to use most recent specification
+  (v. 1.68) and tests (v. 2.58) from IBM.
+
 - Issue 3437: Bug fix in robotparser parsing of Allow: lines.
 
 - Issue 1592:  Improve error reporting when operations are attempted