[OASIS Issue Tracker] (ODATA-747) Allow IEEE 754 constants [-]INF and NaN also for Edm.Decimal

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[OASIS Issue Tracker] (ODATA-747) Allow IEEE 754 constants [-]INF and NaN also for Edm.Decimal
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Michael Pizzo commented on ODATA-747:
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How do we retain compatibility with 4.0 clients that may not be expecting these values for Edm.Decimal??

> Allow IEEE 754 constants [-]INF and NaN also for Edm.Decimal
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: ODATA-747
>                 URL: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/ODATA-747
>             Project: OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData) TC
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: OData ABNF Construction Rules, OData ATOM Format, OData CSDL, OData JSON Format, OData Protocol, OData URL Conventions
>    Affects Versions: V4.0_CSD03
>         Environment: [Proposed]
>            Reporter: Gerald Krause
>              Labels: AdoptionBlocker
>             Fix For: V4.01_WD01
>
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> Just as for IEEE 754 floating-point numbers, calculations of Edm.Decimal values also can lead to results that can only be represented by constants for "Not a Number" or "(negative) Infinity".



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