Python `decimal.getcontext` does not work with bpython

I have been working on a side project for which I’m using bpython, a “fancy interface to the Python interpreter.” If you use the Python REPL often, you should check it out. It offers unique features like in-line syntax highlighting, readline-like autocomplete, a “rewind” function to pop the last line of code from memory, auto-indentation and more.

Anyway, today I found a bug in bpython, and that’s that Python’s decimal.getcontext() does not work with it.

bpython version 0.24 on top of Python 3.11.3
>>> import decimal
>>> decimal.getcontext().prec = 6
>>> decimal.Decimal(1) / decimal.Decimal(7)
Decimal('0.1428571428571428571428571429')

If you run the same lines in the standard Python REPL, what you get instead is:

bpython version 0.24 on top of Python 3.11.3
>>> import decimal
>>> decimal.getcontext().prec = 6
>>> decimal.Decimal(1) / decimal.Decimal(7)
Decimal('0.142857')

Further experimenting revealed that, as a workaround, setting DefaultContext works as expected:

bpython version 0.24 on top of Python 3.11.3
>>> decimal.DefaultContext.prec = 6
>>> decimal.Decimal(1) / decimal.Decimal(7)
Decimal('0.142857')

I suspect this has something to do with threads, as decimal.getcontext targets the current thread while DefaultContext is global. I went to the bpython repository only to find that a ticket was already opened in 2021. I added my DefaultContext observation there.