Re: selector negation (was Re: New version of the Selectors module of CSS3)

 | Of course, as with my argument against :subject pseudo-thing, the :matches
 | pseudo-class is inherently more powerful than the !() syntax.
 | 
 | For example:
 | 
 |    :not-matches(DIV.navbar > P# SPAN) > A
 | 

Now I'm confused about your syntax. It wouldn't be
  P:not-matches(DIV.navbar > # SPAN) > A
?

 | ..._would_ match the <A> in the fragment above, except if the <P> had a
 | SPAN descendant (which could be a sibling, child, or (nth level) niece of
 | the <A>.) This cannot, as far as I can tell, be described using !().

Quite true.

 | HOWEVER: At this point I should reiterate that in case this power scares
 | you,

No, no. It's.. intriguing. The syntax scares me.

 |      for CSS3 I am merely proposing that we allow the very simple
 | case: only at the end of a selector, and no '#' extended syntax. i.e.,
 | make :matches be exactly equivalent to :subject but with a clear extension
 | path (since :subject cannot easily be extended).

Received on Monday, 16 October 2000 11:24:03 UTC