Speed up _decimal by another 10-15% by caching the thread local context
that was last accessed. In the pi benchmark (64-bit platform, prec=9),
_decimal is now only 1.5x slower than float.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3a07f03..6f3b85d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@
Library
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+- Speed up _decimal by another 10-15% by caching the thread local context
+ that was last accessed. In the pi benchmark (64-bit platform, prec=9),
+ _decimal is now only 1.5x slower than float.
+
- Remove the packaging module, which is not ready for prime time.
- Issue #15154: Add "dir_fd" parameter to os.rmdir, remove "rmdir"