Consider encoding Python decimal instances by default

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      We currently reject Python decimal instances and require the user to manually convert to Decimal128. We should investigate why we have this approach and consider encoding Python decimal instances by default.

      >>> bson.encode({"d": decimal.Decimal('1.0')})
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "<python-input-7>", line 1, in <module>
          encode({"d": decimal.Decimal('1.0')})
          ~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/Users/shane/git/mongo-python-driver/bson/__init__.py", line 1053, in encode
          return _dict_to_bson(document, check_keys, codec_options)
      bson.errors.InvalidDocument: Invalid document {'d': Decimal('1.0')} | cannot encode object: Decimal('1.0'), of type: <class 'decimal.Decimal'>
      

      Related to INTPYTHON-497.

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            Reporter:
            Shane Harvey
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