- From: Arron Eicholz <Arron.Eicholz@microsoft.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 02:27:06 +0000
- To: "css21testsuite@gtalbot.org" <css21testsuite@gtalbot.org>
- CC: "public-css-testsuite@w3.org" <public-css-testsuite@w3.org>
On Tuesday, November 02, 2010 4:30 PM Gérard Talbot wrote: > http://test.csswg.org/suites/css2.1/20101027/html4/numbers-units-014.htm > > http://test.csswg.org/source/contributors/microsoft/submitted/Chapter_4/ > numbers-units-014.htm > > The testcase has been slightly updated since RC2 but nothing fundamental > changed. > > Comparing an "X" of 1em by 1em with a square of 1em by 1em actually > achieves nothing in term of testing. > > <meta name="assert" content="The 'em' unit is equal to the computed value > of the 'font-size' property after resolving the value 'larger'."> > > > If the font-size of 1em is rendered *before* resolving the value 'larger', then > both black squares will have the same size. > > If the font-size of 1em is rendered *after* resolving the value 'larger', then > both black squares will have the same size. > > The testcase does not test what it wants to test. > Since the scaling factor between medium and large is not specified > normatively by the spec, then it is not possible to compare a 'larger' > situation with a reference, regardless of code redesign of the testcase. > > I think that testcase should just be removed because this 'larger' > font-size issue can not be measured, compared with a reference therefore > truly tested. I do not see how that testcase can be rehabilitated. > Removed case. -- Thanks, Arron Eicholz
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