[xsl] Sorting Hex v. Decimal

Hi all,

As a test for something a bit more complex, I am trying to do a simple sort of
names, some of which start with character entity references:

<root>
    <author><surname>&#x00D6;born</surname></author>
    <author><surname>Jones</surname></author>
    <author><surname>Edwards</surname></author>
    <author><surname>Osgood</surname></author>
    <author><surname>&#x00C8;meraldo</surname></author>
    <author><surname>Smith</surname></author>
</root>

Using this transform:

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
    version="1.0">
    <xsl:output encoding="ASCII"/>
    <xsl:template match="/">
        <html>
            <body>
                <h1>Author List</h1>
                <xsl:for-each select="//author">
                    <xsl:sort select="surname"/>
                        <p>
                         <xsl:value-of select="surname"/>
                       </p>
                </xsl:for-each>
            </body>
        </html>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

I want two things, the entities to come out in hex and the sort to treat
characters with diacriticals as equivalent to same characters without
diacriticals. So, e with an acute accent should be sorted equivalently with e
without an acute accent.

Using Oxygen, the sort works as intended when the transformer is Saxon 6.5.5,
but the entities come out as decimal.

<html>
   <body>
      <h1>Author List</h1>
      <p>Edwards</p>
      <p>&#200;meraldo</p>
      <p>Jones</p>
      <p>&#214;born</p>
      <p>Osgood</p>
      <p>Smith</p>
   </body>
</html>

If I change the transformer to Saxon 9.4.0.4, I get hex, but all the author
names that start with a character entity reference get stuck at the end.

<html>
   <body>
      <h1>Author List</h1>
      <p>Edwards</p>
      <p>Jones</p>
      <p>Osgood</p>
      <p>Smith</p>
      <p>&#xc8;meraldo</p>
      <p>&#xd6;born</p>
   </body>
</html>

Like anyone else, I'd like to have my cake and eat it too. But, how?

Thanks,
Charles

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