Index: channels/__init__.py
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--- channels/__init__.py
+++ channels/__init__.py
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@
 from config import *
 import ahttp
 import action
 import favicon
 import os.path
-import xml.sax.saxutils, htmlentitydefs
+import xml.sax.saxutils
 import re
 import copy
 import inspect
 
 
@@ -713,11 +713,47 @@
     if hex:
         return unichr(int(name, base=16))
     elif num:
         return unichr(int(name))
     else:
-        return unichr(htmlentitydefs.name2codepoint[name])
+        return unichr(htmlentitydefs_n2cp[name])
+
+# Nay for the Py3 raft
+htmlentitydefs_n2cp = {'aring': 229, 'gt': 62, 'sup': 8835, 'Ntilde': 209, 'upsih': 978, 'Yacute': 221,
+'Atilde': 195, 'radic': 8730, 'otimes': 8855, 'aelig': 230, 'Psi': 936, 'Uuml': 220, 'Epsilon': 917, 'Icirc':
+206, 'Eacute': 201, 'Lambda': 923, 'Prime': 8243, 'Kappa': 922, 'sigmaf': 962, 'lrm': 8206, 'cedil': 184,
+'kappa': 954, 'AElig': 198, 'prime': 8242, 'Tau': 932, 'lceil': 8968, 'dArr': 8659, 'ge': 8805, 'sdot': 8901,
+'lfloor': 8970, 'lArr': 8656, 'Auml': 196, 'brvbar': 166, 'Otilde': 213, 'Theta': 920, 'Pi': 928, 'OElig': 338,
+'Scaron': 352, 'egrave': 232, 'sub': 8834, 'iexcl': 161, 'ordf': 170, 'sum': 8721, 'ntilde': 241, 'atilde':
+227, 'theta': 952, 'nsub': 8836, 'hArr': 8660, 'Oslash': 216, 'THORN': 222, 'yuml': 255, 'Mu': 924, 'thinsp':
+8201, 'ecirc': 234, 'bdquo': 8222, 'Aring': 197, 'nabla': 8711, 'permil': 8240, 'Ugrave': 217, 'eta': 951,
+'Agrave': 192, 'forall': 8704, 'eth': 240, 'rceil': 8969, 'iuml': 239, 'Egrave': 200, 'divide': 247, 'igrave':
+236, 'otilde': 245, 'pound': 163, 'frasl': 8260, 'ETH': 208, 'lowast': 8727, 'chi': 967, 'Aacute': 193, 'cent':
+162, 'Beta': 914, 'perp': 8869, 'there4': 8756, 'pi': 960, 'empty': 8709, 'euml': 235, 'notin': 8713, 'uuml':
+252, 'icirc': 238, 'bull': 8226, 'upsilon': 965, 'Oacute': 211, 'ensp': 8194, 'ccedil': 231, 'cap': 8745, 'mu':
+956, 'deg': 176, 'tau': 964, 'emsp': 8195, 'hellip': 8230, 'ucirc': 251, 'ugrave': 249, 'cong': 8773, 'Iota':
+921, 'quot': 34, 'rarr': 8594, 'Rho': 929, 'uacute': 250, 'acirc': 226, 'sim': 8764, 'phi': 966, 'diams': 9830,
+'Euml': 203, 'Ccedil': 199, 'Eta': 919, 'Gamma': 915, 'euro': 8364, 'thetasym': 977, 'sect': 167, 'ldquo':
+8220, 'hearts': 9829, 'oacute': 243, 'zwnj': 8204, 'yen': 165, 'ograve': 242, 'Chi': 935, 'trade': 8482, 'xi':
+958, 'nbsp': 160, 'tilde': 732, 'lsaquo': 8249, 'oelig': 339, 'equiv': 8801, 'le': 8804, 'auml': 228, 'cup':
+8746, 'Yuml': 376, 'lt': 60, 'Upsilon': 933, 'ndash': 8211, 'yacute': 253, 'real': 8476, 'psi': 968, 'rsaquo':
+8250, 'darr': 8595, 'Alpha': 913, 'not': 172, 'amp': 38, 'oslash': 248, 'acute': 180, 'zwj': 8205, 'laquo':
+171, 'rdquo': 8221, 'Igrave': 204, 'micro': 181, 'shy': 173, 'supe': 8839, 'szlig': 223, 'clubs': 9827,
+'agrave': 224, 'Ocirc': 212, 'harr': 8596, 'larr': 8592, 'frac12': 189, 'prop': 8733, 'circ': 710, 'ocirc':
+244, 'asymp': 8776, 'uml': 168, 'prod': 8719, 'reg': 174, 'rlm': 8207, 'infin': 8734, 'Sigma': 931, 'mdash':
+8212, 'uarr': 8593, 'times': 215, 'rArr': 8658, 'or': 8744, 'gamma': 947, 'lambda': 955, 'rang': 9002, 'sup3':
+179, 'dagger': 8224, 'Ouml': 214, 'image': 8465, 'alefsym': 8501, 'sube': 8838, 'alpha': 945, 'Nu': 925,
+'plusmn': 177, 'sup1': 185, 'sup2': 178, 'frac34': 190, 'oline': 8254, 'Delta': 916, 'loz': 9674, 'iota': 953,
+'iacute': 237, 'para': 182, 'ordm': 186, 'epsilon': 949, 'weierp': 8472, 'part': 8706, 'delta': 948, 'omicron':
+959, 'copy': 169, 'Iuml': 207, 'Xi': 926, 'Dagger': 8225, 'Ograve': 210, 'Ucirc': 219, 'scaron': 353, 'lsquo':
+8216, 'isin': 8712, 'Zeta': 918, 'minus': 8722, 'and': 8743, 'ang': 8736, 'curren': 164, 'int': 8747, 'rfloor':
+8971, 'crarr': 8629, 'exist': 8707, 'oplus': 8853, 'Acirc': 194, 'piv': 982, 'ni': 8715, 'Phi': 934, 'Iacute':
+205, 'Uacute': 218, 'Omicron': 927, 'ne': 8800, 'iquest': 191, 'sbquo': 8218, 'Ecirc': 202, 'zeta': 950,
+'Omega': 937, 'nu': 957, 'macr': 175, 'frac14': 188, 'aacute': 225, 'uArr': 8657, 'beta': 946, 'fnof': 402,
+'rho': 961, 'eacute': 233, 'omega': 969, 'middot': 183, 'lang': 9001, 'spades': 9824, 'rsquo': 8217, 'thorn':
+254, 'ouml': 246, 'raquo': 187, 'sigma': 963, 'apos': 39}
+
 
 # Extracts integer from string
 def to_int(s):
     i = re.findall("\d+", s) or [0]
     return int(i[0])