patch #1462498: handle entityrefs in attribute values.
diff --git a/Lib/sgmllib.py b/Lib/sgmllib.py
index 08e365b..784dbe1 100644
--- a/Lib/sgmllib.py
+++ b/Lib/sgmllib.py
@@ -269,9 +269,37 @@
             attrname, rest, attrvalue = match.group(1, 2, 3)
             if not rest:
                 attrvalue = attrname
-            elif attrvalue[:1] == '\'' == attrvalue[-1:] or \
-                 attrvalue[:1] == '"' == attrvalue[-1:]:
-                attrvalue = attrvalue[1:-1]
+            else:
+                if (attrvalue[:1] == "'" == attrvalue[-1:] or 
+                    attrvalue[:1] == '"' == attrvalue[-1:]):
+                    # strip quotes
+                    attrvalue = attrvalue[1:-1]
+                l = 0
+                new_attrvalue = ''
+                while l < len(attrvalue):
+                    av_match = entityref.match(attrvalue, l)
+                    if (av_match and av_match.group(1) in self.entitydefs and
+                        attrvalue[av_match.end(1)] == ';'):
+                        # only substitute entityrefs ending in ';' since
+                        # otherwise we may break <a href='?p=x&q=y'>
+                        # which is very common
+                        new_attrvalue += self.entitydefs[av_match.group(1)]
+                        l = av_match.end(0)
+                        continue
+                    ch_match = charref.match(attrvalue, l)
+                    if ch_match:
+                        try:
+                            char = chr(int(ch_match.group(1)))
+                            new_attrvalue += char
+                            l = ch_match.end(0)
+                            continue
+                        except ValueError:
+                            # invalid character reference, don't substitute
+                            pass
+                    # all other cases
+                    new_attrvalue += attrvalue[l]
+                    l += 1
+                attrvalue = new_attrvalue
             attrs.append((attrname.lower(), attrvalue))
             k = match.end(0)
         if rawdata[j] == '>':
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sgmllib.py b/Lib/test/test_sgmllib.py
index bc25bd0..8e8b02f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sgmllib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sgmllib.py
@@ -214,6 +214,20 @@
             ("starttag", "e", [("a", "rgb(1,2,3)")]),
             ])
 
+    def test_attr_values_entities(self):
+        """Substitution of entities and charrefs in attribute values"""
+        # SF bug #1452246
+        self.check_events("""<a b=&lt; c=&lt;&gt; d=&lt-&gt; e='&lt; '
+                                f="&xxx;" g='&#32;&#33;' h='&#500;' i='x?a=b&c=d;'>""",
+            [("starttag", "a", [("b", "<"),
+                                ("c", "<>"),
+                                ("d", "&lt->"),
+                                ("e", "< "),
+                                ("f", "&xxx;"),
+                                ("g", " !"),
+                                ("h", "&#500;"),
+                                ("i", "x?a=b&c=d;"), ])])
+
     def test_attr_funky_names(self):
         self.check_events("""<a a.b='v' c:d=v e-f=v>""", [
             ("starttag", "a", [("a.b", "v"), ("c:d", "v"), ("e-f", "v")]),