Passing empty array to $in should result in an error

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    • Type: Improvement
    • Resolution: Won't Do
    • Priority: Major - P3
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    • Affects Version/s: 3.0.5
    • Component/s: Querying
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    • Query Optimization
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      Is there a valid case for passing an empty array to the $in query parameter?

      This query runs, but, of course, returns no results:

      db.enron.find({_id : {$in : []}},{_id:1})

      Although syntactically valid it doesn't appear to be semantically valid.

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            [DO NOT USE] Backlog - Query Optimization
            Reporter:
            Beau Rothrock
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