August 12, 2017
https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17747

          Issue ID: 17747
           Summary: extern(C) shared static module constructor should be
                    called in betterC programs
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: blocker
          Priority: P1
         Component: dmd
          Assignee: nobody@puremagic.com
          Reporter: ilyayaroshenko@gmail.com

This

extern(C) shared static this()
{
 ...
}

and

pragma(mangle, "a_name")
extern(C) shared static this()
{
 ...
}

should be called in betterC single file program with main.

If I am not wrong they can be called before C main, in start.

OS: macos
DMD version: 2.075

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