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Re: [PATCH 1/4] libgettextpo: sort sources in the Makefile
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: [PATCH 1/4] libgettextpo: sort sources in the Makefile |
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Fri, 01 May 2020 15:34:51 +0200 |
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Hi Akim,
> sort sources in the Makefile
I don't take this patch.
Alphabetical sorting is the order one uses when there is really no better
sort order. (Someone who has 3 children, do they enumerate their children
by alphabetical order of the first name? Surely not. Most will enumerate
them by decreasing age.)
For lists of source files, several sort orders are available:
- topic / semantics,
- topological sort: simplest first, most top-level last,
- historical: by date of file creation.
I prefer the first one, according to the principle "put things close
together than are semantically related".
Bruno