Re: [css-syntax] ISSUE-329: @charset has no effect on stylesheet??

On 1/23/2014 12:27 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Asmus Freytag <asmusf@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> On 1/23/2014 10:18 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
>>> So, in sum:
>>>
>>> 1. Nobody should be using @charset in the first place. We only retain
>>> it for legacy purposes, and new stylesheets should just be done in
>>> utf-8.
>>> 2. There is a realistic concern that we're already under legacy
>>> constraints to not loosen the syntax.
>>> 3. CSS parsing allows for *far* more variation than just "more spaces
>>> and either type of quote".
>>> 4. UAs are very unlikely to implement the full flexibility of CSS
>>> parsing just for encoding detection.
>>> 5. If we specify only a subset of allowed variation, the original goal
>>> of making encoding detection aligned with valid @charset rules is
>>> still not satisfied.
>>>
>>> For all these reasons, I strongly reject any proposal to change the
>>> current specification regarding the strictness of the encoding
>>> declaration syntax.
>> Succinctly reasoned.
>>
>> Will the spec be written accordingly?
> It already is written accordingly.  Unless you mean something more specific?

Does it state, in plain English, what you write in 1?

Does it state, in plain English, that most @charsets won't work, because 
the requirements are more restrictive?

A./
>
> ~TJ
>

Received on Thursday, 23 January 2014 20:35:42 UTC