Forcing my module to be initialized first

[Paul Backus]

On Monday, 16 October 2023 at 03:31:13 UTC, dan wrote:
> I have some code that i would like executed before anything 
> else is.
>
> The code is to set an environment variable which is used by a 
> library.  I'm trying to find some way to avoid setting the 
> environment variable on the command line, or in any shell 
> script or initialization file.
>
> I think the place to put such code would be in a 'static this' 
> inside a module.
>
> So i need some way to force my module to be initialized first, 
> ahead of all others.

You may find this article enlightening:

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20050607-00/?p=35413