test weird GDC bug

[thewilsonator]

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[thewilsonator]

@WalterBright this is a workaround for whatever that bug is. I suspect an old frontend/GDC (GDC 9?) bug.

cc @ibuclaw what is the possibility of upgrading the base GDC tester here?

[ibuclaw]

@WalterBright this is a workaround for whatever that bug is. I suspect an old frontend/GDC (GDC 9?) bug.

cc @ibuclaw what is the possibility of upgrading the base GDC tester here?

The solution is to not use buggy features in the D compiler implementation.