Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 12:06:46 +0300
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> From: pavenis AT lanet DOT lv
> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 11:22:21 +0300
> 
> If we would have such variable it could be initialized only once at 
> startup.

Yes, I understand that.  But IMHO global variables should not be
introduced as a matter of habit.

> Yesterday I run into trouble when tried to call 
> _get_dos_version() in bad place inside dosexec.c.

??? What bad place is that?  dosexec.c assumes no one uses the
transfer buffer from some point on (there's a comment to thet effect
in the source), but _get_dos_version doesn't use the transfer buffer.