A valid code that won't run?

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On Friday, 24 April 2015 at 20:27:28 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
wrote:
> If pragma(lib, "libcurl"); doesn't work normally, then we 
> should remove std.net.curl, and put it in dub.

It was a historical mistake, discussed many time over and over. 
Yes, it shouldn't be in Phobos. No, we can't remove it now that 
easily.

As for pragma(lib) - it can never work "normally". Linking 
3d-party libraries is very platform-specific task that causes 
great deal of complexity in build systems. It can't be replaced 
by a single trivial compiler pragma. There is a reason nothing 
but Windows build of DMD supports it.