diff --git a/mercurial/manifest.py b/mercurial/manifest.py
--- a/mercurial/manifest.py
+++ b/mercurial/manifest.py
@@ -9,6 +9,25 @@ from i18n import _
 import mdiff, parsers, error, revlog, util
 import array, struct
 
+# Pure Python fallback
+def _parsemanifest(mfdict, fdict, lines):
+    bin = revlog.bin
+    for l in lines.splitlines():
+        f, n = l.split('\0')
+        if len(n) > 40:
+            fdict[f] = n[40:]
+            mfdict[f] = bin(n[:40])
+        else:
+            mfdict[f] = bin(n)
+
+def _parse(lines):
+    mfdict = manifestdict()
+    try:
+        parsers.parse_manifest(mfdict, mfdict._flags, lines)
+    except AttributeError:
+        _parsemanifest(mfdict, mfdict._flags, lines)
+    return mfdict
+
 class manifestdict(dict):
     def __init__(self):
         self._flags = {}
@@ -217,25 +236,6 @@ def _addlistdelta(addlist, x):
                    + content for start, end, content in x)
     return deltatext, newaddlist
 
-# Pure Python fallback
-def _parsemanifest(mfdict, fdict, lines):
-    bin = revlog.bin
-    for l in lines.splitlines():
-        f, n = l.split('\0')
-        if len(n) > 40:
-            fdict[f] = n[40:]
-            mfdict[f] = bin(n[:40])
-        else:
-            mfdict[f] = bin(n)
-
-def _parse(lines):
-    mfdict = manifestdict()
-    try:
-        parsers.parse_manifest(mfdict, mfdict._flags, lines)
-    except AttributeError:
-        _parsemanifest(mfdict, mfdict._flags, lines)
-    return mfdict
-
 class manifest(revlog.revlog):
     def __init__(self, opener):
         # During normal operations, we expect to deal with not more than four