Grepping through the source code, I can find 3 places where this global variable is set (it's initialized to a default value of 1, there's a "no-code-copy" command line option that sets it to zero, and then it shows up in the test suite once). What I can't find is any code ever actually checking or using the value put into this variable....
What's it for? Rob -- "One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code." - Ken Thompson.