[Asterisk-Users] extensions.conf sorting

[Kevin P. Fleming]

Adi Linden wrote:
> <http://voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk%20config%20extensions.conf%20sorting>
> This page on voip-info.org describes how it is possible to affect the sort
> order of patterns in extensions.conf. What is doesn't explain is how
> asterisk really does sort patterns. How does this happen?

The whole point of that page is to convince you _not_ to rely on any 
sort order at all; if you need a specific order, you need to define it 
using the methods available.

If you rely on the sort order as it exists today, you might be 
unpleasantly surprised if it changes in the future.