What is the objective of macro "MYSQL_CLIENT" ?
The macro "MYSQL_CLINET" and "MYSQL_SERVER" are wildly used. What is the objective of them? How do understand them?
Answer
If you're writing MySQL/MariaDB client — you don't have to define either.
If you're writing some code for the server — you don't have to define either.
If you're writing a plugin, you might need to define MYSQL_SERVER to see all internal server definitions, but it breaks the plugin API and is not recommended.
If you're writing mysqlbinlog.cc (which is a client, that includes server internal code) you need to define both.
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