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    #6430: add note about size of "u" type.
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    r74089 | senthil.kumaran | 2009-07-19 04:43:43 +0200 (So, 19 Jul 2009) | 3 lines

    Fix for issue5102, timeout value propages between redirects, proxy, digest and
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    r74185 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-23 11:17:09 +0200 (Do, 23 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    Fix the "pylocals" gdb command.
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    r74210 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 16:44:23 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    Move member descriptions inside the classes.
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    r74209 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 16:37:28 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    builtin -> built-in.
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    #6577: fix (hopefully) all links to builtin instead of module/class-specific objects.
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    #6576: fix cross-refs in re docs.
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    r74239 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-28 18:55:32 +0000 (Di, 28 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    Clarify quote_plus() usage.
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  #6586: fix return/argument type doc for os.read() and os.write().
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    #6513: fix example code: warning categories are classes, not instances.
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    #6489: fix an ambiguity in getiterator() documentation.
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    r74111 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-07-20 09:30:10 -0400 (Mon, 20 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    remove docs for deprecated -p option
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    r74188 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-07-23 10:25:31 -0400 (Thu, 23 Jul 2009) | 1 line

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    r74192 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-24 12:28:38 -0400 (Fri, 24 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    Fix arg types of et#.
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    Dont put "void" in signature for nullary functions.
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    #6571: add index entries for more operators.
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    Add a link to readline, and mention IPython and bpython.
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    Fix some markup and small factual glitches found by M. Markert.
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    Fix a few markup glitches.
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    r74261 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 13:50:25 -0400 (Wed, 29 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    Rewrite the section about classes a bit; mostly tidbits, and a larger update to the section about "private" variables to reflect the Pythonic consensus better.
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  r74311 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-04 22:29:27 +0200 (Di, 04 Aug 2009) | 1 line

  Slightly improve buffer-related error message.
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  r74334 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-06 19:51:03 +0200 (Do, 06 Aug 2009) | 1 line

  #6648: mention surrogateescape handler where all standard handlers are listed.
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    Fix base keyword arg name for int() and long().
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    Fix punctuation and one copy-paste error.
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    #6658: fix two typos.
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst
index 938430f..4d7f1c5 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst
@@ -347,12 +347,15 @@ Decimal Floating Point Arithmetic
 
 The :mod:`decimal` module offers a :class:`Decimal` datatype for decimal
 floating point arithmetic.  Compared to the built-in :class:`float`
-implementation of binary floating point, the new class is especially helpful for
-financial applications and other uses which require exact decimal
-representation, control over precision, control over rounding to meet legal or
-regulatory requirements, tracking of significant decimal places, or for
-applications where the user expects the results to match calculations done by
-hand.
+implementation of binary floating point, the class is especially helpful for
+
+* financial applications and other uses which require exact decimal
+  representation,
+* control over precision,
+* control over rounding to meet legal or regulatory requirements,
+* tracking of significant decimal places, or
+* applications where the user expects the results to match calculations done by
+  hand.
 
 For example, calculating a 5% tax on a 70 cent phone charge gives different
 results in decimal floating point and binary floating point. The difference