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Re: [XBL] Explicit Inheritance

From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 00:31:47 +0000 (UTC)
To: Cameron McCormack <cam@mcc.id.au>
Cc: public-appformats@w3.org
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0701090030040.22379@dhalsim.dreamhost.com>
On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Cameron McCormack wrote:
>
> 3.7.1 Explicit Inheritance
> 
> I cannot understand the steps in this section for binding 
> de/reattachment when a binding’s extends attribute is modified.  It 
> would benefit with an example.

I really don't want to add an example, lest it encourage people to 
dynamically change their extends="" attribute.

However, I've rewritten the relevant section, so hopefully the new text is 
clearer. Let me know if the new text is ok.


>   If, given the same definitions, the element was bound directly to C,
>   then the chain would be C-B.
> 
> s/C-B/C→B/

Fixed.

Cheers,
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