- From: Matt Patenaude <MattPat@mattpat.net>
- Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 13:05:08 -0400
- To: www-style@w3.org
On Oct 7, 2008, at 9:14 AM, Barry Rader wrote: > Given your second example how hard would it be to have a "<tr > class='alternateRow oddRow'>" It wouldn't be hard at all, but part of the idea behind CSS is that you should theoretically be able to style a page without modifying its markup in any way. This is a convenience to make that "more possible." > The major problem I see with what your suggesting what happens when > someone does this. > > @alias selector(.alternateRow) selector(#myTable tr.oddRow) > @alias selector(#myTable tr.oddRow) selector(.alternateRow) > > You might think that unlikely but it will happen. Circular reference > in this case would be difficult to deal with to say the least. Very good point, had not thought of that. Perhaps my solution isn't the best out there, but I definitely think we need a little something to help out. :) -Matt
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