is this a bug ? mixin template static function missing!

[Simen Kjærås]

On Friday, 10 August 2018 at 11:17:10 UTC, learnfirst1 wrote:
> I think the static extern(C)  nested function should just work 
> like global extern(C) function.   DMD still report missing 
> symbols.   Or I am wrong about this ?
>
> template G(){
>     static extern(C) pragma(crt_constructor) void init(){}
> }
> void main(){
>     mixin G!(); // Line 5
>     init();
> }

If you try the same without the mixin template, you'll see that 
it doesn't work:

void main() {
     static extern(C) pragma(crt_constructor) void init();
     init();
}

Depending on the order of static, extern(C) and 
pragma(crt_constructor), you can get at least two different error 
messages, but either way - it doesn't work.

It would be possible to make this work by changing the compiler, 
but according to spec, it shouldn't.

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   Simen