---
title: "top-level-declaration-order"
description: "Keep top-level declarations in a consistent order."
image: "https://strider.gempir.com/og.png"
---

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# top-level-declaration-order

**Default severity:** `warning`

Files are easier to scan when top-level declarations appear as constants,
variables, types, then functions. Imports are ignored, and `init` remains part of the
function group.

## Bad

```go
type Client struct{}
const timeout = time.Second
```

## Good

```go
const timeout = time.Second
var defaultClient Client
type Client struct{}
func New() Client { return Client{} }
```

Source: https://strider.gempir.com/lints/top-level-declaration-order/index.mdx