Remove DataServiceContext.KeyComparisonGeneratesFilterQuery in the next breaking change release.

[KenitoInc]

Remove DataServiceContext.KeyComparisonGeneratesFilterQuery in the next breaking change release. This was added so as not to break existing clients.

odata.net/src/Microsoft.OData.Client/DataServiceContext.cs

Lines 684 to 691 in 59cc9b6

	/// <summary>
	/// Indicates whether a Where clause that just compares the key property generates a $filter query option.
	/// </summary>
	public virtual bool KeyComparisonGeneratesFilterQuery
	{
	get { return this.keyComparisonGeneratesFilterQuery; }
	set { this.keyComparisonGeneratesFilterQuery = value; }
	}

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[corranrogue9]

#2379 might supersede this now

EDIT: this is not accurate

[corranrogue9]

This was added to do a more efficient key lookup when a filter on a key is specified. Are there other ways in OData client that a customer can easily do a key lookup (something like a "getbykey" method)?