[IMPALA-297] Remove distinction between value_expr and expr in parser.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 0.7
• Fix Version/s: Impala 1.0
• Assignee: Alexander Behm
• Reporter: Alexander Behm
• Created: 20/Apr/13 00:32
• Updated: 24/Apr/13 02:08
• Resolved: 24/Apr/13 02:08

Description

Our parser/analyzer requires some cleanup regarding the treatment of exprs and predicates.
We need to unify all types of exprs including predicates under the expr production.

This task will require moving some work from the parser into the analyzer with careful testing.

Issue Links

• blocks: IMPALA-249 Cannot specify negative number in static partition spec (get syntax error Encountered: - Expected: FALSE, NULL, TRUE)