What is the purpose of the sorted bit vector field in the ~ metadata header in the .NET assembly?

Question

According to the Partition II metadata, it says that a valid field is a bitmask that marks which CLR metadata tables are in the .NET executable, but I can’t understand what such a field is “sorted” for - what is its value, and What should I emit into this area when creating my own .NET executables?

Answer 1

I think the sorted field just hints if the sorting of a particular metadata table or not (this field is a bit exactly the same as the real one).

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Answer 2

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