package main

import "time"

func main() {
    broken()
    println()
    notBroken()
}

func broken() {
    t := time.NewTimer(0 * time.Second)

    select {
    case _ = <-t.C:
        println("This is the desired select.")
    default:
        println("This is the undesired behavior.")
    }
}

func notBroken() {
    t := time.NewTimer(0 * time.Second)

    sync := time.NewTimer(0 * time.Second)
    _ = <-sync.C

    select {
    case _ = <-t.C:
        println("This is the desired select.")
    default:
        println("This does not get selected.")
    }
}