class Kramdown::Parser::Html::ElementConverter

def convert_code(el)
  raw = ''
  extract_text(el, raw)
  result = process_text(raw, true)
  begin
    str = result.inject('') do |mem, c|
      if c.type == :text
        mem << c.value
      elsif c.type == :entity
        if RUBY_VERSION >= '1.9'
          mem << c.value.char.encode(@root.options[:encoding])
        elsif [60, 62, 34, 38].include?(c.value.code_point)
          mem << c.value.code_point.chr
        end
      elsif c.type == :smart_quote || c.type == :typographic_sym
        mem << entity(c.value.to_s).char.encode(@root.options[:encoding])
      else
        raise "Bug - please report"
      end
    end
    result.clear
    result << Element.new(:text, str)
  rescue
  end
  if result.length > 1 || result.first.type != :text
    process_html_element(el, false, true)
  else
    if el.value == 'code'
      set_basics(el, :codespan)
    else
      set_basics(el, :codeblock)
    end
    el.value = result.first.value
    el.children.clear
  end
end