Order of C macros in the output

[attila-lendvai]

it would be nice if the macros came out in a stable order, so that line diff becomes meaningful between re-runs.

not an urgent issue, it's more of a feature request.

[attila-lendvai]

and of course not just macros, but also the json entries.

[rpav]

The world really needs a JSON-Sorted standard.

[attila-lendvai]

FTR, i've added a jq script to filter and sort the output: https://github.com/hu-dwim/hu.dwim.sdl/tree/main/bin

so far, so good, except that i haven't considered that the order of the toplevel definitions in the output is according to a specific walk of the AST that results in an order where everything is defined by the time it's referenced; i.e. reordering the output would substantially complicate its processing.

macros can be sorted, though.

in these lights i guess we can close this issue, but you may still find the scripts at the link useful.