Re: [cssom] CSS Value API

Also, I find the m and l accessors confusing. Can we just have a single
accessor for all types, e.g. v for value?

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Ojan Vafai <ojan@chromium.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 6:34 AM, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu> wrote:
>
>> On 4/7/10 5:08 AM, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
>>
>>> And throws if the "wrong" one is accessed?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think when it can be converted we should allow for that.
>>>
>>
>> OK.
>
>
> What are cases where it can be converted? Are you thinking something like
> converting em to px? I don't think we should transparently do conversions
> like this. It would make sense if you had something like
> element.computedStyle.margin.l[0].px, but for declared styles it seems like
> we should throw. If we do decide to convert, there should at least be a
> simple way to check if the value is set in px, em, whatever without
> resorting to string parsing.
>
> Ojan
>