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If I open the outline view of a C++ file in Eclipse Helios the meaning of the sort button is inversed. If the sort button is selected, the methods are NOT sorted, if it is deselected, the methods are sorted. The outline view of a JAVA file works as expected.
This works for me as expected.
(In reply to comment #1) > This works for me as expected. For me not. I have tried it again (and again and again...) and now I can give you more details. :-) In the outline view of a C++ header file, inline methods are always displayed on top of all methods if the sort button is activated - independent from the alphabetical order. Therefore if the methods are in alphabetical order in a header file and some of them are inline methods, DEACTIVATING the sort button leads to alphabetical order and ACTIVATING the sort button leads to some strange order where all inline methods are on top and the other methods are below but each block is sorted in alphabetical order. If there had been some decorator in the outline view to mark inline methods I would have understood the sort order but so it seemed very strange to me. I hope this is not "as designed" but can be changed to be more user friendly. Thanks, Benjamin
(In reply to comment #2) > For me not. I have tried it again (and again and again...) > ... Thanks for doing that. I can reproduce the issue with the following code: struct S { int b() {}; int a(); }; 'b' is shown before 'a' regardless on whether you select the sort button.
Created attachment 176527 [details] fix The sorting was intentional. However it is problematic to separate function/method definitions from declarations because as in your example the difference can just be an implementation detail (inline vs. non-inline). Similar whether a field is a declaration or a definition is rather subtle. I have removed the separation of declarations and definitions in the view sorter.
Fixed in 8.0 > 20100813.
*** cdt cvs genie on behalf of mschorn *** Bug 321976: Sorting of CElements. [*] CElementSorter.java 1.24 http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/org.eclipse.cdt-core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/CElementSorter.java?root=Tools_Project&r1=1.23&r2=1.24
