Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 23:48:38 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Gisle Vanem <giva AT bryggen DOT bgnett DOT no>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
cc: robert DOT hoehne AT Mathematik DOT TU-Chemnitz DOT DE
Subject: Re: _osmajor/_osminor not set
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robert DOT hoehne AT Mathematik DOT TU-Chemnitz DOT DE wrote:
> giva AT bryggen DOT bgnett DOT no wrote:
> >
> >
> > I've notied that _osmajor/_osminor are not set in CRT before
> > calling main(). Is this intentional or simply an oversight?
>
> I don't know exactly why, but can you tell us a good
> reason (but not only from comparing with Borland) why
> it should be done?
 
Not only Borland. I just checked with MSC 7.0 and Metaware HighC
and they perform as expected. After all _osmajor/_osminor are there
for compatability with those other DOS compilers (it's not a ANSI/
POSIX thing). A good reason would be to do thing correct if one's
is to be compatible.
 
> In my opinion that's not needed, because anyone who
> want to use these variable should call __get_dos_version()
> before to use these variables.
 
That would only add more #ifdef's if one's want to have the source
portable.
 
Gisle V.