namespace (for export)

[Daniel Murphy]

I might be off track, but I think I know what you're getting at.

You want to define a set of module scope variable that are initialized when 
the program starts up:

eg. A struct that stores information loaded from a configuration file (can't 
be done at compile time)

--------

module foo;

struct ConfigData
{
 ...
}
ConfigData myData = loadFromFile();

--------

This then doesn't work because loadFromFile can't be called at compile time, 
and therefore can't be used to initialize a global.

You've then done:

--------

module foo;

struct ConfigData
{
 ...
}

static this()
{
  ConfigData myData = loadFromFile();
}
--------

Which works, and runs on program startup, but doesn't let you access 
anything defined inside the static this from another module.
If I'm right so far, then the solution is to seperate the definition and the 
initialization:

--------

module foo;

struct ConfigData
{
 ...
}

ConfigData myData;

static this()
{
  myData = loadFromFile();
}
--------


In order to get the best of both worlds...