> let $makeElement := function($k, $v) {
>   parse-xml('<' || $k ||  '>' || $v || '</' || $k || '>' )
>   }
>      return $makeElement('month', 'August')
>
> There is nothing to be escaped in the above expression! This is XPath, not
XML.

Well, $makeElement('menu', 'bangers&mash') is going to fail.
>

Michael Kay
Saxonica