- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 16:34:32 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Cc: www-style <www-style@w3.org>
On Sat, 17 Dec 2005, Lachlan Hunt wrote: > > In section 6.2 [1], there is a note that states: > > | Note: it is recommended that the *, representing the universal > | selector, not be omitted. > > I'm just wondering what the reasoning behind this recommendation is, > since most authors actually do omit it whenever it's not necessary. As I understand it, the reasoning is that explicitly showing the universal selector increases the understanding that the selector matches all element types. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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