In brief, a [Typed]ChoiceField can reject a valid choice of type
Decimal because it is incorrectly compared using smart_unicode.
Decimal('0.5')==Decimal('0.50') is true, while '0.5'=='0.50' is false.

Verbosely, consider a model defined like so :

    class Foo(models.Model):

        BAR_CHOICES = (
            (Decimal('0.25'), 'quarter'),
            (Decimal('0.50'), 'unit')
        )

        bar = models.DecimalField(max_digits=4, decimal_places=2,
choices = BAR_CHOICES)


and a ModelForm based on it :

    class FooForm(forms.ModelForm):

        class Meta:
            model = models.Foo

Now :
    >> FooForm({'bar':'0.50'}).is_valid()
    true
    >> FooForm({'bar':'0.5'}).is_valid()
    false # errors = {'bar': [u'Select a valid choice. 0.5 is not one
of the available choices.']}


This issue might arise when the choices are dynamically generated, as
Python isn't rigorous about trailing zeros :

    >>> Decimal('1.0') + Decimal('0.5')
    Decimal('1.5')
    >>> Decimal('1.0') + Decimal('0.50')
    Decimal('1.50')

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