[whatwg] WF 2.0 range type description

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Brad Fults wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 22:45:37 +0000 (UTC), Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote:

> > Well, min max and step apply to all those types, I didn't really want 
> > to have to explicitly mention them each time, so only mention them 
> > where they are mildly important. Would it be better to explicitly 
> > mention them for each different type?
> 
> I understand the preference against mentioning them every time, but I 
> think mentioning them after the fact makes it confusing. Maybe I missed 
> something, but I didn't see the association until after reading the 
> descriptions of each of the types and several more paragraphs after.
> 
> It might be better to mention the shared attributes in a single place 
> before all of the type descriptions, so the reader goes in with 
> knowledge of the associations.

Ok, added a paragraph to that effect.

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