any tool to at least partially convert C++ to D (htod for source

[Walter Bright]

Michel Fortin wrote:
> What I meant is that this is dependent on link order (and I tested it):
> 
> module a;
> import a_base;
> import b;
> int ai;
> extern(C) void initA() { ai = bi+2; }
> 
> module a_base;
> extern(C) void initA();
> static this() { initA(); }
> 
> module b;
> import b_base;
> import a;
> int bi;
> extern(C) void initB() { bi = ai+4; }
> 
> module b_base;
> extern(C) void initB();
> static this() { initB(); }
> 
> module main;
> import b;
> import a;
> import std.stdio;
> void main() {
>     writeln("a.ai = ", ai, "  b.bi = ", bi);
> }

True, when you use:

    extern (C) void initA();

instead of importing the module that declares initA(), you totally 
defeat the dependency checking, because the dependency checking is based 
on the import statements.