[issue22444] Floor divide should return int

[Case Van Horsen]

Case Van Horsen added the comment:

>> What should Decimal('1e123456')//1 return?
>
> I think Decimal case should be considered separately.  Note that unlike float, they are not part of the numerical tower, so PEP 3141 arguments don't apply:
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>>>> isinstance(1.0, numbers.Real)
> True
>>>> isinstance(decimal.Decimal(1), numbers.Real)
> False
>
I maintain gmpy2 and I've had requests to support the numeric tower.
gmpy2 has integral, rational, real, and complex types so I should be
able to.

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