Sorting enum entries

I ran across the same problem as several other people:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7038543/sort-enum-items-in-editor

I have a huge list of enum values and the desire to sort them.  There are work-arounds by using other editors, but it'd be nice to have "sort by name" and "sort by value/integer" as an Alt+Enter option on the enum Name.

This action should probably come with a warning.  There is a small chance that the programmer uses the implied integer in an enum, without assigning a specific integer
E.g.  (int)DayOfTheWeek.Sunday,  where the enum DayOfTheWeek does not have explicit integer assigned.
In this case, a warning would allow them to check for uses to ensure that sorting would not cause a problem.

As a special case, I often leave the first value as a default (although I wouldn't be that upset if it was sorted into the list):

Before sort:
public enum Yum
{
     Default = 0,  // or something "None"
     // <summar> b is the greatest </summary>
     b,
     a = 6,
     d = 4,
     c, e, f, g
}

After sort by name:
public enum Yum
{
     //Default = 0, <-- if you preserved the first value, then "Default = 0" would remain here
     a = 6,
     // <summar> b is the greatest </summary>
     b,
     c,     
     d = 4,
     Default = 0, // <-- if you do not preserved the first value, then "Default = 0" would move here
     e,
     f,
     g,
}

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