In my apps I use many embedded views that show a single category. They are handy, but lack powerful features exposed views have. Sorting by a different column is one of them.
Clearly it’s not a problem for embedded views as it is for categorized views. Notes cannot properly sort a categorized view by a different column, because the feature is poorly implemented in that case.
So the hack should allow for a sorting that left the categorization in place. For backward compatibility, it could be a switchable feature, and the switch could be a special starting for the view comment, like “[1]”.