flag is sent to server with placeholder types.
There were no need to extend the protocol as one additional byte
was reserved for placeholder code, when placeholder code is in range 0-255.
So this byte is now used for flags. Post-review fixes added.
This ensures that my_file_info takes this the max number of files into account and one can now use --open-files-limit on windows to increase number of used files up to 2048
mysql_server_init() now returns error code if something went wrong (Bug #2062)
Don't use my_fopen() when reading symlink information as this may cause problems when a lot of files are opened.
Free thread keys with pthread_key_delete() instead of relying on automatic free. (Bug #2062)
Fixed bug in UNION statement with alias '*'. (Bug #1249)
Fixed a bug in DELETE ... ORDER BY ... LIMIT where the rows where not deleted in the proper order. (Bug #1024).
FOUND_ROWS() could return incorrect number of rows after a query with an impossible WHERE condition.
HOW DATABASES doesn't anymore show .sym files (on windows) that doesn't point to a valid directory. (Bug #1385)
Call pthread_mutex_destroy() on not used mutex.
Changed comments in .h and .c files from // -> /* */
Added detection of mutex on which one didn't call pthread_mutex_destroy()
Fixed bug in create_tmp_field() which causes a memory overrun in queries that uses "ORDER BY constant_expression"
Added optimisation for ORDER BY NULL
Don't use new password format if mysql.user has old format
tables_priv was not reset on FLUSH PRIVILEGES if tables_priv was empty
Portability fixes for Windows
Added new operators to be used with gcc 3.0.x
Update of query cache code.
Added semaphores for Windows (not yet in use)
Added pthread_mutex_trylock for windows.
Let myisamchk generate a new checksum for compressed data.
Don't unconditionally force filenames to lower case on windows.
Update mysqltest to match 4.0 source (to get some of the new bug fixes into 3.23)
