both std.net.curl and hunt http clients fail

[Lance Bachmeier]

On Thursday, 12 June 2025 at 13:16:13 UTC, drenoob wrote:

[...]

> Sorry, dear colleagues, while I still presume D be a *stable* 
> and really decent language and very much welcome the fact that 
> at least many libraries are not version 0.0.[whatever small 
> number] (so basically alpha or beta at best), I hope you can 
> understand that this first experience isn't exactly 
> strengthening my hopes for and trust in the D universe ...
>
> Or did I make a total noob mistake? If so (or even if not) 
> please kindly let me know how to get some decent http client 
> working.
>
> Btw. DMD and dub have been freshly installed and should be 
> current.
>
> Thank you

Well, this is actually a problem of the documentation omitting a 
critical detail. If you run that code inside a function, it works:

```
void main() {
  // Insert all of your code here
}
```