--- src/rexml/entity.rb.orig	Wed Dec 10 01:19:31 2003
+++ src/rexml/entity.rb	Wed Dec 10 01:20:08 2003
@@ -104,8 +104,11 @@
 				out << q << @ref << q
 				out << ' NDATA ' << @ndata if @ndata
 			else
-				q = @value.include?('"')?"'":'"'
-				out << q << @value << q
+				begin
+					q = @value.include?('"')?"'":'"'
+					out << q << @value << q
+				rescue StandardError,NameError
+				end
 			end
 			out << '>'
 		end