Perl DBI ↔ MySQL C client library: version‑compatibility question for prepared statements
Goal: Assess whether Perl DBI should enforce a strict minor‑version match when linking against the MySQL C client library to avoid hidden bugs in prepared‑statement handling. Constraint: DBI’s runtime version check (added in 1.643) only compares the major version of libmysqlclient, leaving minor‑version differences (e.g., 5.6.10 vs 5.6.42) unchecked, which m
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