Code inspection: Redundant 'orderby' clause 'ascending' keyword

This inspection reports the ascending keyword in a query orderby clause because ascending order is already the default. Removing the keyword makes the query shorter without changing its behavior.

                using System.Collections.Generic;
                using System.Linq;
                class C
                {
                    IEnumerable<int> M(IEnumerable<int> values)
                    {
                        return from value in values
                               orderby value ascending
                               select value;
                    }
                }
            

                using System.Collections.Generic;
                using System.Linq;
                class C
                {
                    IEnumerable<int> M(IEnumerable<int> values)
                    {
                        return from value in values
                               orderby value
                               select value;
                    }
                }
            

13 April 2026