Well, that's the point! If you don't want inaccurate imports and just want to remove unused imports you can comment that line. A better option would be to use an additional argument to that function (removeOnly bool) and perhaps a flag on the executable so that you can choose when to use the removeOnly option. Either way the automatic imports and even the removeOnly option alone requires various trade-offs(i.e. accuracy, compiler speed etc) and this is another reason why such features are better developed in stand alone/external tools.
This seems like it removes half the value of the tool, though. I can comment out a line of code, compile and test the program. But if I uncomment that line, I'm now missing an import.
edit- how does a tool like this sound?
* If it sees an unused import, it comments it out
* If it sees an import is needed, and there's a commented-out import which would fit, it uncomments it.
* It can run in a "check for commented-out imports" mode, so that commit hooks can reject such a state.
I guess (making some assumptions about go's import semantics) this would avoid the ambiguous name problem; it would mean you avoid having to edit both the import and the usage at the same time; and it makes it easy to tell if a file should be cleaned up.
Maybe it would cause issues if you're trying to choose between two libraries which both provide the same symbols?