This is obviously very needed. See my comments about ODataResult on how this should be intelligently implemented without using things like ODataResult.
Comments: I don't regret the time and effort when the end results are worth it, The sample migration from hongyes is an excellent crash-course on some recent changes. I think I speak for everyone that comes across this page when I say $inlinecount was the missing link to adoption for a large number of projects :) and also that after spending a few days looking at the source repo and seeing the number, size and quality of commits I realize I just need to be patient :) you guys are already running full-speed. Thanks Hongye, Youssef, Dan, and everyone else for all the hard work to make the new webapi/odata bits worth diving into like this, it's all good stuff.
Comments: I don't regret the time and effort when the end results are worth it, The sample migration from hongyes is an excellent crash-course on some recent changes. I think I speak for everyone that comes across this page when I say $inlinecount was the missing link to adoption for a large number of projects :) and also that after spending a few days looking at the source repo and seeing the number, size and quality of commits I realize I just need to be patient :) you guys are already running full-speed. Thanks Hongye, Youssef, Dan, and everyone else for all the hard work to make the new webapi/odata bits worth diving into like this, it's all good stuff.