• vit (11/11) Jul 21 2021 Is it possible to call all shared static ctors in betterC?
• vit (2/13) Jul 21 2021 Sorry, wrong forum section.
• bauss (5/16) Jul 21 2021 Static module constructors and destructors are not available with
• Steven Schveighoffer (16/31) Jul 21 2021 You can use [C runtime

vit <vit vit.vit> writes:

Is it possible to call all shared static ctors in betterC?
```d
//-betterC

static immutable int i;

shared static this(){
	i = 42;
}
extern(C) void main(){
     assert(i != 42);

}

```

vit <vit vit.vit> writes:

On Wednesday, 21 July 2021 at 08:02:42 UTC, vit wrote:
 Is it possible to call all shared static ctors in betterC?
 ```d
 //-betterC

 static immutable int i;

 shared static this(){
 	i = 42;
 }
 extern(C) void main(){
     assert(i != 42);

 }

 ```

Sorry, wrong forum section.

bauss <jj_1337 live.dk> writes:

On Wednesday, 21 July 2021 at 08:02:42 UTC, vit wrote:
 Is it possible to call all shared static ctors in betterC?
 ```d
 //-betterC

 static immutable int i;

 shared static this(){
 	i = 42;
 }
 extern(C) void main(){
     assert(i != 42);

 }

 ```

Static module constructors and destructors are not available with 
betterC unfortunately.

As described here:

https://dlang.org/spec/betterc.html#consequences

Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy gmail.com> writes:

On 7/21/21 4:02 AM, vit wrote:
 Is it possible to call all shared static ctors in betterC?
 ```d
 //-betterC
 
 static immutable int i;
 
 shared static this(){
      i = 42;
 }
 extern(C) void main(){
      assert(i != 42);
 
 }
 
 ```

You can use [C runtime 
constructors](https://dlang.org/spec/pragma.html#crtctor). However, the 
compiler doesn't recognize this as a static ctor exactly, so `i` will 
not be mutable without casting.

```d
immutable int i;
extern(C):
pragma(crt_constructor) void crt_this() {
     *cast(int *)&i = 42;
}

void main() {
     assert(i == 42);
}
```

-Steve