https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7083

kinke <kinke@gmx.net> changed:

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--- Comment #4 from kinke <kinke@gmx.net> ---
(In reply to Martin Nowak from comment #2)
> > as the code/data for one module can be distributed among several object files
> 
> Do you mean the multilib support?

```
private __gshared int something;

int getSomething(T)() { …; return something; }
```

If the (public) template is instantiated and emitted into another object file / binary, it still needs to be able to access the private symbol.

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