C++ alphabetical build order

Question

Here's a snippet from my build output in Visual Studio 2010:

1>------ Build started: Project: Engine, Configuration: Release_PG Win32 ------ 1>icl : warning #10187: PGOPTI instrumentation disables multifile optimizations 1>icl : warning #10188: PGOPTI instrumentation disables IP optimizations
1> !BasketNovel.cpp 1> Compiling precompiled.h - this should happen just once per project. 1> 1> Compiling BasketNovel.h. 1>

1> Camera.cpp 1> Compiling precompiled.h - this should happen just once per project. 1> 1> Compiling BasketNovel.h. 1>

1> Console.cpp 1> Compiling precompiled.h - this should happen just once per project. 1> 1> Compiling BasketNovel.h. 1>

1> Entity.cpp 1> Compiling precompiled.h - this should happen just once per project. 1> 1> Compiling BasketNovel.h. 1>

1> Font.cpp

From what I see, the compiler's building my .cpp files in alphabetical order. I'm not really familiar with build concepts. Is this a normal behaviour?

Note: I am using the Intel C++ compiler.

Answer 1

The order of compilation is not really important. The important step that builds your end-product (executable, library, etc) is the linking step, where the pieces from the compilation step will be linked together.