[Bug 12907] New: The algorithm for parsing a legacy color value, steps 2 and 3, should be reversed. Given a case where string is a tab for instance, it should be treated as an empty string.

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12907

           Summary: The algorithm for parsing a legacy color value, steps
                    2 and 3, should be reversed. Given a case where string
                    is a tab for instance, it should be treated as an
                    empty string.
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
               URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#col
                    ors
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson)
        AssignedTo: ian@hixie.ch
        ReportedBy: contributor@whatwg.org
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org,
                    public-html@w3.org


Specification:
http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/common-microsyntaxes.html
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#colors

Comment:
The algorithm for parsing a legacy color value, steps 2 and 3, should be
reversed. Given a case where string is a tab for instance, it should be
treated as an empty string.

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Received on Wednesday, 8 June 2011 09:05:37 UTC