Hello,

I have a string that I want to parse using fn:parse-xml-fragment (in BaseX 8.4.1). I noticed that there seemed to be a difference when wrapping the string in a string constructor versus plain quotes.

Using the string constructor seems to require a second function call in order to parse the XML.

The following three expressions illustrate the difference. Numbers 2 and 3 return parsed XML, whereas number 1 returns the original, unparsed string. Is this the expected behavior when using string constructors?

1. ``[<span start="" end="3">Sed</span> ut perspiciatis]`` => parse-xml-fragment()

2. ``[<span start="" end="3">Sed</span> ut perspiciatis]`` => parse-xml-fragment() => parse-xml-fragment()

3. '<span start="" end="3">Sed</span> ut perspiciatis' => parse-xml-fragment()

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