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I'm just going to say whoever is downvoting this is a jerk. This comment is actually correct. Whether or not it reflects the way you believe things should hap

• ominous_prime 12y ago
  Yes and no. `gofmt` is a tool to make your code follow certain style guidelines, and the ordering of imports is part of those guidelines. You are always free to ignore the guidelines, but then don't complain about the tool which is created to enforce them. It is also incorrect to rely on the order of import initialization at all, because it's undefined, implementation specific and may change.
  • couchand 12y ago
    So it sounds like... yes and yes. Guidelines are guidelines. If they are more than guidelines they must be enforced at the language level. Undefined behavior is another thing. Surely, it's poor form to rely on undefined behavior. However, that doesn't mean it isn't possible for such a situation to arise. An accurate description of how that can happen doesn't deserve a downvote. On the contrary, it's quite valuable for a newbie (like myself) to learn the facts, not just the dogma. Downvoting an accurate description of the behavior of the tool because you think the situation shouldn't arise in the first place is simply a misplaced use of a downvote.