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Remove reliance on import dmd.backend.global#23172

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@dkorpel dkorpel commented May 25, 2026

Lots of backend modules import symbols through globals.d, which contains a bunch of public imports. This is a remnant from the C++ header translation, it's better to import directly to make each module's dependencies more narrowly specified.

@dkorpel dkorpel added Severity:Refactoring No semantic changes to code Compiler:Backend glue code, optimizer, code generation labels May 25, 2026
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