[OASIS Issue Tracker] (ODATA-783) Is it intentional that mindatetime/maxdatetime/now don't permit %-encoded parentheses in ABNF?

Evan Ireland created ODATA-783:
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             Summary: Is it intentional that mindatetime/maxdatetime/now don't permit %-encoded parentheses in ABNF?
                 Key: ODATA-783
                 URL: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/ODATA-783
             Project: OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData) TC
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: OData ABNF Construction Rules
    Affects Versions: V4.0_OS
            Reporter: Evan Ireland
            Priority: Minor
             Fix For: V4.0_ERRATA03


See ABNF for year:

  yearMethodCallExpr               = 'year'               OPEN BWS commonExpr BWS CLOSE

Then see ABNF for mindatetime/maxdatetime/now:

  minDateTimeMethodCallExpr = 'mindatetime(' BWS ')'
  maxDateTimeMethodCallExpr = 'maxdatetime(' BWS ')'
  nowMethodCallExpr         = 'now(' BWS ')'

Now OPEN and CLOSE are defined as:

  OPEN  = "(" / "%28"
  CLOSE = ")" / "%29"

Thus permitting %-encoded parentheses for most functions except mindatetime/maxdatetime/now.

If this is intentional, we should explain the rationale.

If not intentional, then we should fix the ABNF construction rules.




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