bug: multiple version selection does not work as documented

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Describe the Bug

In https://asdf-vm.com/manage/configuration.html#tool-versions we are told:

Tip

Multiple versions can be set by separating them with a space. For example, to use Python 3.7.2, fallback to Python 2.7.15 and finally to the system Python, the following line can be added to .tool-versions.

python 3.7.2 2.7.15 system

The observed behaviour is that the latest version in the list is used; there is no fallback from first to last.

Either the documentation is wrong, or asdf is selecting the wrong version.

Steps to Reproduce

$ # Validate asdf is in play ------------------------------------------------------------

$ which python
python: aliased to python3
$ which python3
/Users/nunya/.asdf/shims/python3

$ # Expect 3.10.7 to be used ------------------------------------------------------------

$ cat .tool-versions 
python 3.10.17 3.11.8 3.12.11 3.13.3 system

$ asdf current python
Name            Version                       Source                                                             Installed
python          3.10.17 3.11.8 3.12.11 3.13.3 /Users/dbingham/repos/mntv-python-guild/smlib.cache/.tool-versions true

$ asdf list python
  3.10.14
 *3.10.17
  3.11.6
 *3.11.8
 *3.12.11
  3.13.0
  3.13.1
  3.13.2
 *3.13.3
  3.9.11
  3.9.21

$ python --version
Python 3.13.3

$ # Edit/save .tool-versions with various ordering --------------------------------------

$ cat .tool-versions
python 3.11.8 3.13.3 3.12.11 system 3.10.17

$ python --version
Python 3.13.3

$ cat .tool-versions
python 3.12.11 system 3.11.8 3.13.3 3.10.17

$ python --version
Python 3.13.3

$ # Clip the most recent version out ---------------------------------------------------

$ cat .tool-versions
python 3.12.11 system 3.11.8 3.10.17

$ python --version
Python 3.12.11

Expected Behaviour

According to the documentation, the list of versions to select should be considered from first to last. In that order, the first version that is installed should be used, and therefore should be the version presented by python --version.

Actual Behaviour

The most-recently-released version of all those in the list is used, regardless of the order of the versions in the list.

Environment

asdf info
OS:
Darwin G77VW6GPCV 24.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 24.6.0: Mon Jul 14 11:28:30 PDT 2025; root:xnu-11417.140.69~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6030 arm64

SHELL:
zsh 5.9 (arm64-apple-darwin24.0)

BASH VERSION:
3.2.57(1)-release

ASDF VERSION:
0.16.7

ASDF INTERNAL VARIABLES:
ASDF_DEFAULT_TOOL_VERSIONS_FILENAME=.tool-versions
ASDF_DATA_DIR=/Users/nunya/.asdf
ASDF_CONFIG_FILE=/Users/nunya/.asdfrc

ASDF INSTALLED PLUGINS:
nodejs    https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-nodejs.git 90b8ecaa556916daba983a7b01869a9ea682f285
python    https://github.com/danhper/asdf-python.git d4caa7d4832313b4c141ee0ceca4118747147e89
ruby      https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-ruby.git   26be0ebf43b47dba9bf244995700deeaa572b281
yarn      https://github.com/twuni/asdf-yarn.git     376c5407ef22c82fa56e4bd9f6a9108354063acb

asdf plugins affected (if relevant)

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