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[Alexi1952 <Alexi1952@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Monty,

I found out why MySQL/Sun generously allowed to add new
log events starting only from number 196. 

How many log events with numbers >= 196 can be added?
Only TWO !!!

Indeed, each event must have post header length <= 254 because
this length must be saved in the uchar post_header_len[] array
(the value 255 is reserved as the "undefined" length value).

Now, the post header of the Format description event has
the length = number_of_events + 57. Hence max number of
possible events in MySQL is 254 - 57 = 197.

Funny :)

Cheers,
Alex