import init: now import init sort is a-z, but old is use import order

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What version of Go are you using (go version)?

$ go version

go1.21

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

go env Output

$ go env

What did you do?

init run e:

import (
    _ "gotest/a"
    _ "gotest/c"
    _ "gotest/bb/a"
    _ "gotest/b"
)

now show:

a
b
bb-a
c

old show:

a
c
bb-a
b

this is a bug.

What did you expect to see?

What did you see instead?

[mateusz834]

This may change the behavior of some programs that rely on a specific initialization ordering that was not expressed by explicit imports. The behavior of such programs was not well defined by the spec in past releases. The new rule provides an unambiguous definition.

https://go.dev/doc/go1.21#language

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This may change the behavior of some programs that rely on a specific initialization ordering that was not expressed by explicit imports. The behavior of such programs was not well defined by the spec in past releases. The new rule provides an unambiguous definition.

https://go.dev/doc/go1.21#language

so, go will use the sort type for init? that, some used init for sort will change use type.

[seankhliao]

this is working as intended and documented, see #57411