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  Now all text fields convert data into proper charset before storing

  rename len -> length, to look in common style

  Less default_charset_info

  Bug fix
opt_range.cc:
  Buf fix

Portability fixes
Added new client function: mysql_get_server_version()
New server help code (From Victor Vagin)
Fixed wrong usage of binary()
Disabled RTREE usage for now.

  Use cs->scan() instead of my_isspace()

  tis620 normalization will be implemented ad a SQL function, without automatic normalization on INSERT

Some changes to the prepared statement protocol to make it easier to use and faster.

embedded-related changes

Allow one to change ANSI_QUOTES mode per thread and on the fly

  strnxfrm for binary and simple charsets

of SHOW CREATE TABLE 'name'. Depending on the mode, the output can
be compatible with various databases, including earlier versions of
MySQL
.

Some function names have been renamed to be more self-descriptive

embedded library trimming

if charset is binary anymore

(Note: test 'union' fails, but Sanja promised to fix this)

outfile) class.

fix for a bug with derived tables and query cache
ix for a charset bug in timestamp

a bit more ucs2 compatibility 

Changed timestamp to return string in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format.
DATE_ADD() and related functions now returns correct DATE/DATETIME type depending on argument types.
Now all tests passes, still some work left to remove warnings in log files from mysql-test-run