`imports-first`: force imports statements to be at the beginning

[Ericlm]

Clear and concise description of the problem

I want to have all my imports at the same place (top of the script), without having the possibility to declare imports anywhere else in the script.

Suggested solution

In imports-first or import-top, we could detect each import statement and force it to be at the top of the file. That would also allow rules like sort imports to work better with a single imports "block".

Alternative

• I could use the import/first rule, but I dropped eslint plugin import as it's not eslint 9 compatible.
• Verifying manually that the imports are all on top.

Additional context

• It's linked to an issue I have with sort-imports : https://github.com/azat-io/eslint-plugin-perfectionist/issues/157, but I think it's something stylistic is more tailored for.
• It wouldn't change runtime because of imports hoisting
• Maybe a mirroring rule for having export at the end?

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Contributes

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[9romise]

Maybe you can use eslint-plugin-import-x. https://github.com/un-ts/eslint-plugin-import-x/blob/master/docs/rules/first.md https://github.com/un-ts/eslint-plugin-import-x/blob/master/docs/rules/exports-last.md

[Ericlm]

Thank you for your suggestions, it looks promising! I'll still leave this issue open I think, like it's more a "stylistic" preference 🤔