Fixed: Identical configuration methods were not always invoked in the correct order in superclasses (Nalin Makar)
diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 02b9052..833e0f5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 Added: Passing command line properties via the ant task and doc update (Todd Wells)
 Added: Hierarchical XmlSuites (Nalin Makar) 
 Added: Reporter#clear()
+Fixed: Identical configuration methods were not always invoked in the correct order in superclasses (Nalin Makar) 
 Fixed: @DataProvider(parallel = true) was passing incorrect parameters with injection
 Fixed: Replaced @Test(sequential) with @Test(singleThreaded)
 Fixed: If inherited configuration methods had defined deps, they could be invoked in incorrect order (Nalin Makar)
diff --git a/src/org/testng/internal/MethodInheritance.java b/src/org/testng/internal/MethodInheritance.java
index 7a6567e..54eae93 100755
--- a/src/org/testng/internal/MethodInheritance.java
+++ b/src/org/testng/internal/MethodInheritance.java
@@ -50,10 +50,12 @@
    * respect inheritance (before methods are invoked in the order Base first
    * and after methods are invoked in the order Child first)
    * 
-   * @param methods
-   * @param baseClassToChild
+   * @param methods the list of methods
+   * @param before true if we are handling a before method (meaning, the methods
+   * need to be sorted base class first and subclass last). false otherwise (subclass
+   * methods first, base classes last).
    */
-  public static void fixMethodInheritance(ITestNGMethod[] methods, boolean baseClassToChild) {
+  public static void fixMethodInheritance(ITestNGMethod[] methods, boolean before) {
     // Map of classes -> List of methods that belong to this class or same hierarchy
     Map<Class, List<ITestNGMethod>> map = Maps.newHashMap();
     
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@
     for (List<ITestNGMethod> l : map.values()) {
       if (l.size() > 1) {
         // Sort them
-        sortMethodsByInheritance(l, baseClassToChild);
+        sortMethodsByInheritance(l, before);
         
         /*
          *  Set methodDependedUpon accordingly
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@
       boolean baseClassToChild)
   {
     Collections.sort(methods);
-    if (!baseClassToChild) {
+    if (! baseClassToChild) {
       Collections.reverse(methods);
     }
   }