Issue #16324: _charset parameter of MIMEText now also accepts email.charset.Charset instances.

Initial patch by Claude Paroz.
diff --git a/Lib/email/mime/text.py b/Lib/email/mime/text.py
index ec18b85..479928e 100644
--- a/Lib/email/mime/text.py
+++ b/Lib/email/mime/text.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 __all__ = ['MIMEText']
 
+from email.charset import Charset
 from email.mime.nonmultipart import MIMENonMultipart
 
 
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@
                 _charset = 'us-ascii'
             except UnicodeEncodeError:
                 _charset = 'utf-8'
+        if isinstance(_charset, Charset):
+            _charset = str(_charset)
 
         MIMENonMultipart.__init__(self, 'text', _subtype,
                                   **{'charset': _charset})