- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:30:21 +0100
- To: Sean Hogan <shogun70@westnet.com.au>
- Cc: public-webapps <public-webapps@w3.org>
Sean Hogan wrote: > In summary, the proposed :scope pseudo-class only acts as a scope for > the query in special cases, not in the general case. Yes, I'm aware of that. That was basically my reasoning for attempting to change it to :reference, but that name wasn't particularly well received either. However, keep in mind, I'd prefer to avoid having this turn into another naming debate. Selectors API has suffered enough in the past as a result of that. So if you have anything more to add, I'd request that you check the archives for this list and www-style for messages relating to :scope/:reference/:context, etc. to see what arguments have been raised previously. The most recent discussion of and objections to :reference are in this thread from www-style last September. There were also other objections raised with me on IRC and told to me directly. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Sep/thread.html#msg251 In particular, this one lists most of the alternatives have been considered, and it also sums up why the selector pre-processing for scoped selectors got watered down to its current state. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Sep/0317.html -- Lachlan Hunt - Opera Software http://lachy.id.au/ http://www.opera.com/
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