minor symfony#3807 Added some exceptions to the method order in CS (stof)

weaverryan · weaverryan · commit 1094a13b2de0 · 2014-04-28T17:48:34.000-05:00
This PR was merged into the 2.3 branch. Discussion ---------- Added some exceptions to the method order in CS | Q | A | ------------- | --- | Doc fix? | yes | New docs? | no | Applies to | all | Fixed tickets | n/a See silexphp/Silex#936 (comment) for the reason. Formalizing this case in the doc is a good idea IMO. Commits ------- 3b8e644 Added some exceptions to the method order in CS
diff --git a/contributing/code/standards.rst b/contributing/code/standards.rst
@@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ Structure
 
 * Declare class properties before methods;
 
-* Declare public methods first, then protected ones and finally private ones;
+* Declare public methods first, then protected ones and finally private ones. 
+  The exceptions to this rule are the class constructor and the ``setUp`` and 
+  ``tearDown`` methods of PHPUnit tests, which should always be the first methods
+  to increase readability.
 
 * Use parentheses when instantiating classes regardless of the number of
   arguments the constructor has;
