--- /home/poma1006/mpfiles/.eclipse/workspace-code/release26-maint/Lib/HTMLParser.py	2010-12-22 17:27:33.498246013 +0100
+++ /home/poma1006/Desktop/HTMLParser.py	2010-12-22 17:29:08.619496212 +0100
@@ -369,11 +369,14 @@
             s = s.groups()[0]
             if s[0] == "#":
                 s = s[1:]
-                if s[0] in ['x','X']:
-                    c = int(s[1:], 16)
-                else:
-                    c = int(s)
-                return unichr(c)
+                try:
+                    if s[0] in ['x','X']:
+                        c = int(s[1:], 16)
+                    else:
+                        c = int(s)
+                    return unichr(c)
+                except ValueError:
+                    return '&#'+s+';'
             else:
                 # Cannot use name2codepoint directly, because HTMLParser supports apos,
                 # which is not part of HTML 4