MySQL X protocol solves some of these * Notifies a client when a session variable has changed. Though I haven't used it so possibly not implemented. https://g

MySQL X protocol solves some of these * Notifies a client when a session variable has changed. Though I haven't used it so possibly not implemented. https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/blob/trunk/plugin/x/protocol/protobuf/mysqlx_notice.proto https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/blob/trunk/plugin/x/pr... * Allows sending parameterised SQL and a collection of values together without preparing. https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/blob/trunk/plugin/x/protocol/protobuf/mysqlx_sql.proto https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/blob/trunk/plugin/x/pr...