- From: Anton Prowse <prowse@moonhenge.net>
- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:48:07 +0200
- To: www-style@w3.org
Anton Prowse wrote: > fantasai wrote: >> Anton Prowse wrote: >>> Issue 5e: There is no discussion in this subsection of the omission of >>> the + sign before a, which is curious given that all other possible >>> omissions are discussed. >> >> This is because the omission of + before a is covered by plus signs >> on positive integers being optional. The + before the b, in the full >> syntax, is considered binary operator between an and b, so saying >> that an can be dropped is not enough. > > Pedantically speaking, a signed positive integer is not the same thing > as a positive integer. (The + sign is optional before positive integers > only in informal settings which blur the two.) The grammar permits a + > sign before a, but neither the prose nor the examples mention it. I > think there's a need for a sentence saying that the + sign is both > permitted and optional. Apologies, this is indeed a non-issue given the definition of integer in CSS21 / css3-values. Cheers, Anton Prowse http://dev.moonhenge.net
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