decimal.MaxValue should be a constant

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From: Günter Zöchbauer (zoechi_at_gmx.net)
Date: 06/01/04

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Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 11:10:21 +0200

can anyone tell why

[DefaultValue(int.MaxValue)] is valid

but

[DefaultValue(decimal.MaxValue)] produces compiler error:

An attribute argument must be a constant expression, typeof expression or
array creation expression

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