Ensure ordering of import in __init__.py

Author: bobleesj

.flake8

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ exclude =
     __pycache__,
     build,
     dist,
+    __init__.py
     doc/source/conf.py
 max-line-length = 115
 # Ignore some style 'errors' produced while formatting by 'black'

src/diffpy/pdffit2/__init__.py

@@ -17,15 +17,19 @@
 
 """PDFfit2 - real space structure refinement program."""
 
-# package version
+# Import package version to be used by with C++ extensions
 from diffpy.pdffit2.output import redirect_stdout
-from diffpy.pdffit2.pdffit import PdfFit
-from diffpy.pdffit2.pdffit2 import is_element
 from diffpy.pdffit2.version import __date__, __version__
 
-# silence the pyflakes syntax checker
+# Ensure the version and date variables are initialized
 assert __version__ or True
 assert __date__ or True
+
+# Import C++ related modules after version info is initialized
+from diffpy.pdffit2.pdffit import PdfFit
+from diffpy.pdffit2.pdffit2 import is_element  # Import element check functionality
+
+# Ensure all necessary components are imported and initialized
 assert all((PdfFit, redirect_stdout, is_element))
 
 # End of file