#20476: add a message_factory policy attribute to email.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/email/_policybase.py b/Lib/email/_policybase.py
index c0d98a4f54..d6994844e1 100644
--- a/Lib/email/_policybase.py
+++ b/Lib/email/_policybase.py
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ class Policy(_PolicyBase, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
                            them. This is used when the message is being
                            serialized by a generator. Default: True.
 
+    message_factory     -- the class to use to create new message objects.
+
     """
 
     raise_on_defect = False
@@ -161,6 +163,8 @@ class Policy(_PolicyBase, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
     cte_type = '8bit'
     max_line_length = 78
     mangle_from_ = False
+    # XXX To avoid circular imports, this is set in email.message.
+    message_factory = None
 
     def handle_defect(self, obj, defect):
         """Based on policy, either raise defect or call register_defect.