Re: [css3-values] syntax of attr() from Tab Atkins Jr. on 2011-09-23 (www-style@w3.org from September 2011)

From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:46:24 -0700
To: Christoph Päper <christoph.paeper@crissov.de>
Cc: W3C Style <www-style@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CAAWBYDAWEnXmwnwsmqT3OEThA+UBQ_DdwEospyqKWR=fZeU5KA@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Christoph Päper
<christoph.paeper@crissov.de> wrote:
> fantasai:
>>  attr(<ident> as <type>, <fallback>)
>
> In a host language that allowed whitespace in attribute names, e.g. “[element background color: blue]”, the comma probably could work as a boundary, but ‘as’ couldn’t. That’s not a frequent scenario of course.

Such a language would have to escape the space when using attribute
selectors already, and would presumably have to do the same here.

~TJ

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