diff --git a/Lib/decimal.py b/Lib/decimal.py
index 7f1827a2be5..b0a8f7f7c89 100644
--- a/Lib/decimal.py
+++ b/Lib/decimal.py
@@ -1515,13 +1515,13 @@ class Decimal(object):
 
     __trunc__ = __int__
 
-    @property
     def real(self):
         return self
+    real = property(real)
 
-    @property
     def imag(self):
         return Decimal(0)
+    imag = property(imag)
 
     def conjugate(self):
         return self
@@ -3133,7 +3133,7 @@ class Decimal(object):
         (opa, opb) = self._fill_logical(context, self._int, other._int)
 
         # make the operation, and clean starting zeroes
-        result = "".join(str(int(a)|int(b)) for a,b in zip(opa,opb))
+        result = "".join([str(int(a)|int(b)) for a,b in zip(opa,opb)])
         return _dec_from_triple(0, result.lstrip('0') or '0', 0)
 
     def logical_xor(self, other, context=None):
@@ -3147,7 +3147,7 @@ class Decimal(object):
         (opa, opb) = self._fill_logical(context, self._int, other._int)
 
         # make the operation, and clean starting zeroes
-        result = "".join(str(int(a)^int(b)) for a,b in zip(opa,opb))
+        result = "".join([str(int(a)^int(b)) for a,b in zip(opa,opb)])
         return _dec_from_triple(0, result.lstrip('0') or '0', 0)
 
     def max_mag(self, other, context=None):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index eb4681197c2..354d0f0d113 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Restore Python 2.3 compatibility for decimal.py.
+
 - Issue #1702551: distutils sdist was not excluding VCS directories under 
   Windows. Inital solution by Guy Dalberto.