--- a/Lib/email/parser.py	Fri May 04 23:17:03 2012 +0200
+++ b/Lib/email/parser.py	Sat May 05 12:41:33 2012 -0400
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
 
 from email.feedparser import FeedParser
 from email.message import Message
-from email import policy
+from email._policybase import compat32
 
 
 
 class Parser:
-    def __init__(self, _class=Message, *, policy=policy.default):
+    def __init__(self, _class=Message, *, policy=compat32):
         """Parser of RFC 2822 and MIME email messages.
 
         Creates an in-memory object tree representing the email message, which