I would like to use decimal in currency calculations, so I would like to work on exactly two numbers after comma. Initially I thought that `prec` of decimal's context refers to that property, but after a few experiments I feel a bit confused.

**Experiment #1:**

```
In [1]: import decimal                                                                                                                      

In [2]: decimal.getcontext().prec = 2                                                                                                       

In [3]: a = decimal.Decimal('159.9')                                                                                                        

In [4]: a                                                                                                                                   
Out[4]: Decimal('159.9')

In [5]: b = decimal.Decimal('200')                                                                                                          

In [6]: b                                                                                                                                   
Out[6]: Decimal('200')

In [7]: b - a                                                                                                                               
Out[7]: Decimal('40')

```

**Experiment #2:**

```
In [8]: decimal.getcontext().prec = 4                                                                                                       

In [9]: a = decimal.Decimal('159.9')                                                                                                        

In [10]: a                                                                                                                                  
Out[10]: Decimal('159.9')

In [11]: b = decimal.Decimal('200')                                                                                                         

In [12]: b                                                                                                                                  
Out[12]: Decimal('200')

In [13]: b - a                                                                                                                              
Out[13]: Decimal('40.1')

```

**Experiment #3:** (`prec` is still set to 4)

```
In [14]: a = decimal.Decimal('159999.9')                                                                                                    

In [15]: a                                                                                                                                  
Out[15]: Decimal('159999.9')

In [16]: b = decimal.Decimal('200000')                                                                                                      

In [17]: b                                                                                                                                  
Out[17]: Decimal('200000')

In [18]: b - a                                                                                                                              
Out[18]: Decimal('4.000E+4')

```

Why does it work like in my examples? How should I work with decimals in my (currency calculations) case?