[GitHub] [flink] twalthr opened a new pull request #8651: [FLINK-12769][table-common] Simplify expression design for symbols

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twalthr opened a new pull request #8651: [FLINK-12769][table-common] Simplify expression design for symbols
URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/8651
 
 
   ## What is the purpose of the change
   
   This PR simplifies the expression design by replacing symbol expressions by value literal expressions. This also paves the way for a new level of resolved expressions that all have a data type.
   
   ## Brief change log
   
   See commit messages.
   
   ## Verifying this change
   
   Existing tests have been extended.
   
   ## Does this pull request potentially affect one of the following parts:
   
     - Dependencies (does it add or upgrade a dependency): no
     - The public API, i.e., is any changed class annotated with `@Public(Evolving)`: yes
     - The serializers: no
     - The runtime per-record code paths (performance sensitive): no
     - Anything that affects deployment or recovery: JobManager (and its components), Checkpointing, Yarn/Mesos, ZooKeeper: no
     - The S3 file system connector: no
   
   ## Documentation
   
     - Does this pull request introduce a new feature? yes
     - If yes, how is the feature documented? JavaDocs
   

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