1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/code_object/method_attr.rb b/lib/rdoc/code_object/method_attr.rb
index 27e6599bc1..d7fefa55d4 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/code_object/method_attr.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/code_object/method_attr.rb
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ class RDoc::MethodAttr < RDoc::CodeObject
     return unless other.respond_to?(:singleton) &&
                   other.respond_to?(:name)
 
-    [     @singleton ? 0 : 1,       name] <=>
-    [other.singleton ? 0 : 1, other.name]
+    [@singleton      ? 0 : 1, name_codepoint_range,       name] <=>
+    [other.singleton ? 0 : 1, other.name_codepoint_range, other.name]
   end
 
   def == other # :nodoc:
@@ -415,4 +415,16 @@ class RDoc::MethodAttr < RDoc::CodeObject
     end
   end
 
+  def name_codepoint_range # :nodoc:
+    case name.codepoints[0]
+    when 0..64 # anything below "A"
+      1
+    when 91..96 # the symbols between "Z" and "a"
+      2
+    when 123..126 # 7-bit symbols above "z": "{", "|", "}", "~"
+      3
+    else # everythig else can be sorted as normal
+      4
+    end
+  end
 end