Sync-up docstrings in C version of the the decimal module

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assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2016-08-16.19:28:55.744>
labels = ['easy', '3.11', 'type-feature', 'docs']
title = 'Sync-up docstrings in C version of the the decimal module'
updated_at = <Date 2021-12-01.03:21:20.269>
user = 'https://github.com/rhettinger'

activity = <Date 2021-12-01.03:21:20.269>
actor = 'rhettinger'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Documentation']
creation = <Date 2016-08-16.19:28:55.744>
creator = 'rhettinger'
dependencies = []
files = ['44513', '45728']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 27779
keywords = ['easy']
message_count = 17.0
messages = ['272875', '272879', '272898', '274200', '274221', '274412', '274499', '275478', '275491', '278816', '278922', '279278', '279895', '279988', '282207', '370144', '407424']
nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['rhettinger', 'skrah', 'docs@python', 'lisroach', 'furkanonder']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue27779'
versions = ['Python 3.11']

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