Figured bass stacking direction default

[Carl D. Sorensen]

In working through the figured bass section of NR as part of the GDP, I've 
found something that seems counter-intuitive to me.

When entering a chord, the lowest note comes first, followed by the higher 
notes:

<c e g>2.

In the figured bass examples I find on the web, the lowest steps are generally 
(perhaps always -- I can't find a counterexample right now) located on the 
bottom in figured bass:

6
4

But with the default stacking direction, to get this output you must enter the 
figure numbers in reverse order:

<4 6>2 <6 4>

will produce:

4  6
6  4

This behavior can be changed by altering stacking-dir of BassFigureAlignment.

My question:  Should the default value of stacking-dir result in

<4 6>

producing

6
4

as I think?

Thanks,


Carl Sorensen