Cyclic depency with class static ctor

[Jarrett Billingsley]

"Walter Bright" <newshound at digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
news:ei5kj0$1p2m$2 at digitaldaemon.com...
> Kristian wrote:
>> What if some other syntax would be used to define the order of static 
>> ctors?
>> For example:
>>
>>     import a, b, c;
>>
>>     after a: before c: static this();
>
> I don't think new syntax is justified because Frank's workaround handles 
> the problem nicely.

Except that it makes static ctors entirely useless, since you're just 
emulating them.  You end up going back to the way you did it in other 
languages, and static ctors become a useless feature.