[xsl] Does starts-with() convert the strings to codepoints?

["Roger L Costello costello@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Folks,

I have a question about the meaning of the starts-with() function. Consider
the strings in these two elements:

<Airport_Name>B &amp; B BOYS RANCH              </Airport_Name>
<name>B &#x26; B BOYS RANCH</name>

Notice the former uses the XML ampersand entity whereas the latter uses hex
character entity for ampersand. This expression:

starts-with(Airport_Name, name)

returns true.

Does the starts-with() function convert the strings to codepoints and then
checks that codepoint[i] in the <name> string equals codepoint[i] in the
<Airport_Name> string?

/Roger