[issue39576] Surprising MemoryError in `decimal` with MAX_PREC

[Stefan Krah]

Stefan Krah <stefan at bytereef.org> added the comment:

Updated docs:

https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/18594

The PR uses some of Tim's suggestions while also explaining how to
calculate the amount of memory used in a single large decimal.

Hopefully it isn't too much information.

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