RE: [css-variables] references to "component value"

Okay, I think it makes sense. “CSS Variables” are called token stream references in [css-custom] for a while but I didn’t take care of replacing those paragraphs properly.
 
I support this change.

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> Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 23:02:24 -0800
> From: dbaron@dbaron.org
> To: www-style@w3.org
> Subject: [css-variables] references to "component value"
>
> There are two references to the term "component value" that have
> crept back in to the css-variables editor's draft since the last
> working draft. I thought we'd agreed (multiple times, I think) that
> this wasn't the approach we were taking. Instead, we are using
> token stream substitution, because it is possible to describe in a
> way that can lead to interoperable implementations without
> all-but-one of the implementations having to rewrite.
>
> In particular, I'd suggest replacing:
> # A variable can be used in place of any component value in any
> # property on an element.
> with:
> # A variable can be used in place of any part of a value in any
> # property on an element.
>
> and replacing:
> # Similarly, you can't build up a single component value where
> # part of it is provided by a variable:
> with:
> # Similarly, you can't build up a single token where part of it is
> # provided by a variable:
>
> -David
>
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Received on Thursday, 6 December 2012 09:09:39 UTC