how to call std_stdio_static_this from a dynamically loaded shared library (osx)

[timotheecour]

> Module constructors if one of the things that don't work 
> properly. I don't know exactly how this works in std.stdio I 
> would need to study the code. If I recall correctly std.stdio 
> uses some kind of hack to avoid circular dependencies that can 
> otherwise occur if two modules, both having module 
> constructors, import each other.

Yes, that hack consists in :
1) defining extern(C) void std_stdio_static_this() instead of 
static this()
2) defining an auxiliary module std.stdiobase who will call it at 
module construction:
module std.stdiobase;
extern(C) void std_stdio_static_this();
shared static this(){
     std_stdio_static_this();
}

I'm still puzzled as to why modifying the code inside 
std_stdio_static_this (say with assert(0)) doesn't have any 
effect (hence the need for the templated version I'm using).
Another workaround (besides adding std_stdio_static_this2) would 
be to make the field File.p non-private so that my 
std_stdio_static_this2 could be defined outside std.stdio. Any 
suggestion?