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  r74704 | mark.dickinson | 2009-09-07 17:17:41 +0100 (Mon, 07 Sep 2009) | 3 lines

  Issue #6850: Fix bug in Decimal._parse_format_specifier for formats
  with no type specifier.
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+- Issue #6850: Fix bug in Decimal._parse_format_specifier for formats
+  with no type specifier.
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 - Issue #6239: ctypes.c_char_p return value must return bytes.
 
 - Issue #6838: Use a list to accumulate the value instead of