On Mon, 25 Dec 2006, Jawaid Bazyar wrote:
> Is there a particular rationale for mysql_servers to not be expandable?
> I have a multi-machine cluster and I want each server in the cluster to
> have a different mysql server list. I have a configuration management
> system and thus all config files are identical - but certain lookups are
> done to provide different results on each server.
>
> I'll just tweak the source unless there is a Really Good Reason(tm) not
> to :-)
I don't think there's any particular reason - I probably didn't think
there would ever be any need, and it is extra work expanding it every
time it is used. If you could find some way of using a macro instead,
you'd save a few cpu cycles - and maybe not have to tweak the source.
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