Constant expressions allow assigning a constant value to an applied term.
+Primitive values of various types are represented as strings, therefore their type cannot be inferred from the constant expression alone. If such an ambiguous constant expression is an operand of a larger expression, clients MUST assume that the operand has the type demanded by the larger expression, for example, in a client-side function or in a comparison with another operand of known type. (In the $Le comparison in example 75 Duration is of type Edm.Duration, therefore the constant expression "PT1H" is a duration, not a string.)
$Eq, annotations.
Example 75:
+Example 75:
{
"$And": [
{
@@ -3301,9 +3302,9 @@ $Eq, {
"$Le": [
{
- "$Path": "Price"
+ "$Path": "Duration"
},
- 100
+ "PT1H"
]
},
{
diff --git a/docs/odata-csdl-json/odata-csdl-json.md b/docs/odata-csdl-json/odata-csdl-json.md
index 3e333fcc..f2bf8a5a 100644
--- a/docs/odata-csdl-json/odata-csdl-json.md
+++ b/docs/odata-csdl-json/odata-csdl-json.md
@@ -3928,6 +3928,14 @@ properties targeted via the declaring structured type.
Constant expressions allow assigning a constant value to an applied
term.
+Primitive values of various types are represented as strings, therefore their type
+cannot be inferred from the constant expression alone. If such
+an ambiguous constant expression is an operand of a larger expression, clients MUST assume
+that the operand has the type demanded by the larger expression, for example, in a
+client-side function or in a comparison with another operand of known type.
+(In the `$Le` comparison in [example 75](#disambiguate) `Duration` is of type
+`Edm.Duration`, therefore the constant expression `"PT1H"` is a duration, not a string.)
+
### 14.3.1 Binary
::: {.varjson .rep}
@@ -4779,7 +4787,7 @@ They MAY contain [annotations](#Annotation).
:::
::: {.varjson .example}
-Example 75:
+Example 75:
```json
{
"$And": [
@@ -4849,9 +4857,9 @@ Example 75:
{
"$Le": [
{
- "$Path": "Price"
+ "$Path": "Duration"
},
- 100
+ "PT1H"
]
},
{
diff --git a/docs/odata-csdl-xml/odata-csdl-xml.html b/docs/odata-csdl-xml/odata-csdl-xml.html
index d05312d9..fcf049d4 100644
--- a/docs/odata-csdl-xml/odata-csdl-xml.html
+++ b/docs/odata-csdl-xml/odata-csdl-xml.html
@@ -3161,8 +3161,8 @@ Expressions ed
<Int>20</Int>
</Lt>
<Le>
- <Path>Price</Path>
- <Int>100</Int>
+ <Path>Duration</Path>
+ <Duration>PT1H</Duration>
</Le>
<Has>
<Path>Fabric</Path>
diff --git a/docs/odata-csdl-xml/odata-csdl-xml.md b/docs/odata-csdl-xml/odata-csdl-xml.md
index 2b3c58cd..5531fa7d 100644
--- a/docs/odata-csdl-xml/odata-csdl-xml.md
+++ b/docs/odata-csdl-xml/odata-csdl-xml.md
@@ -3737,6 +3737,7 @@ properties targeted via the declaring structured type.
Constant expressions allow assigning a constant value to an applied
term.
+
### 14.3.1 Binary
@@ -4757,8 +4758,8 @@ Example 75:
20
- Price
- 100
+ Duration
+ PT1H
Fabric
diff --git a/odata-csdl/14 Vocabulary and Annotation.md b/odata-csdl/14 Vocabulary and Annotation.md
index d3a21948..6cd452a8 100644
--- a/odata-csdl/14 Vocabulary and Annotation.md
+++ b/odata-csdl/14 Vocabulary and Annotation.md
@@ -688,6 +688,16 @@ properties targeted via the declaring structured type.
Constant expressions allow assigning a constant value to an applied
term.
+: varjson
+Primitive values of various types are represented as strings, therefore their type
+cannot be inferred from the constant expression alone. If such
+an ambiguous constant expression is an operand of a larger expression, clients MUST assume
+that the operand has the type demanded by the larger expression, for example, in a
+client-side function or in a comparison with another operand of known type.
+(In the `$Le` comparison in [example ##disambiguate] `Duration` is of type
+`Edm.Duration`, therefore the constant expression `"PT1H"` is a duration, not a string.)
+:
+
### ##subsubsec Binary
::: {.varjson .rep}
@@ -2012,7 +2022,7 @@ They MAY contain [annotations](#Annotation).
:::
::: {.varjson .example}
-Example ##ex:
+Example ##ex_disambiguate:
```json
{
"$And": [
@@ -2082,9 +2092,9 @@ Example ##ex:
{
"$Le": [
{
- "$Path": "Price"
+ "$Path": "Duration"
},
- 100
+ "PT1H"
]
},
{
@@ -2175,8 +2185,8 @@ Example ##ex:
20
- Price
- 100
+ Duration
+ PT1H
Fabric