Index: dwarf2read.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/dwarf2read.c,v
retrieving revision 1.342
diff -u -p -r1.342 dwarf2read.c
--- dwarf2read.c	2 Dec 2009 11:44:35 -0000	1.342
+++ dwarf2read.c	4 Dec 2009 01:55:11 -0000
@@ -4845,14 +4845,24 @@ dwarf2_attach_fn_fields_to_type (struct 
     {
       struct nextfnfield *nfp = flp->head;
       struct fn_fieldlist *fn_flp = &TYPE_FN_FIELDLIST (type, i);
-      int k;
+      int k, start, end;
 
       TYPE_FN_FIELDLIST_NAME (type, i) = flp->name;
       TYPE_FN_FIELDLIST_LENGTH (type, i) = flp->length;
       fn_flp->fn_fields = (struct fn_field *)
 	TYPE_ALLOC (type, sizeof (struct fn_field) * flp->length);
+
+      /* To ease symbol searching, we must require that all artificial
+	 methods appear before any concrete methods in the fieldlist.
+	 See value_struct_elt_for_reference for where this requirement
+	 is needed/used.  */
+      start = 0;
+      end = flp->length - 1;
       for (k = flp->length; (k--, nfp); nfp = nfp->next)
-	fn_flp->fn_fields[k] = nfp->fnfield;
+	{
+	  int idx = (nfp->fnfield.is_artificial) ? start++ : end--;
+	  fn_flp->fn_fields[idx] = nfp->fnfield;
+	}
 
       total_length += flp->length;
     }
Index: valops.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/valops.c,v
retrieving revision 1.228
diff -u -p -r1.228 valops.c
--- valops.c	2 Dec 2009 19:29:42 -0000	1.228
+++ valops.c	4 Dec 2009 01:55:12 -0000
@@ -2721,7 +2721,8 @@ value_struct_elt_for_reference (struct t
 		error (_("non-unique member `%s' requires type instantiation"), name);
 
 	      /* This assumes, of course, that all artificial methods appear
-		 BEFORE any concrete methods.  */
+		 BEFORE any concrete methods.  This requirement is enforced
+		 for DWARF by dwarf2_attach_fn_fields_to_type.  */
 	      j = TYPE_FN_FIELDLIST_LENGTH (t, i) - 1;
 	    }