The following statements support use of the CURRENT_USER() function to take the place of the name of (and, possibly, the host for) an affected user or a definer; in such cases, CURRENT_USER() is expanded where and as needed:

When CURRENT_USER() or CURRENT_USER is used as the definer in any of the statements CREATE FUNCTION, CREATE PROCEDURE, CREATE TRIGGER, CREATE EVENT, CREATE VIEW, or ALTER VIEW when binary logging is enabled, the function reference is expanded before it is written to the binary log, so that the statement refers to the same user on both the master and the slave when the statement is replicated. CURRENT_USER() or CURRENT_USER is also expanded prior to being written to the binary log when used in DROP USER, RENAME USER, GRANT, REVOKE, or ALTER EVENT.