Michael Day wrote to <mailto:www-style@w3.org> on 18 April 2003 in "class / ident / numbers" (<mid:Pine.LNX.4.44.0304181707540.24737-100000@lorien.yeslogic.com>): > The CSS3 Selectors test cases state that this is not a valid class > selector: > > .\5cm { ... } I'm assuming that you're writing of test #155, "Syntax and Parsing", <http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/Test/CSS3/Selectors/current/html/tests/css3-mod sel-155.html>. (A URI would have made your intent clear.) The test does not claim that {.\5cm} is an invalid selector. The test claims that {.\5cm} must not match the class 5cm . > What have I overlooked? You have overlooked escape sequences. The three-character sequence {\5c} represents a single character: U+005C, reverse solidus (also known as backslash). So the selector {.\5cm} matches the class \m . -- Etan Wexler <mailto:ewexler@stickdog.com>. This message goes out to the Crucial Three.Received on Friday, 18 April 2003 07:07:32 GMT
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