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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2013-04-30 14:01:03 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2013-04-30 14:01:03 +0000
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@@ -4032,6 +4032,8 @@ into ascending order by name before placing them in the output file.
@code{SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT} is very similar to @code{SORT_BY_NAME}. The
difference is @code{SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT} will sort sections into
descending order by alignment before placing them in the output file.
+Larger alignments are placed before smaller alignments in order to
+reduce the amount of padding necessary.
@cindex SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY
@code{SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY} is very similar to @code{SORT_BY_NAME}. The