- From: Jonathan Camenisch <jonathan@camenischcreative.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 08:18:59 -0500
- To: Brian Kardell <bkardell@gmail.com>
- Cc: François REMY <fremycompany_pub@yahoo.fr>, www-style@w3.org, Divya Manian <manian@adobe.com>
>> For instance, if I was responsible of the spec, I think I would have >> renamed "variables" into "user-defined properties" > > I keep typing this in myself and then changing my mind about saying it that > way for fear of adding yet another vector for people to disagree... but I > really do think that "var" might be adding confusion and a simple name > change might really help... In past threads Tab has likened them to HTML > data-* attributes and when you think of it like that, the assignment part at > least is totally plain. If you merely mention the optional default arg, I > think the function too pretty much makes sense, though perhaps some sugar > for the simplest case is nice. François, Just providing that different name is very helpful to me in getting your mental model. I might even agree if I thought about it enough (whatever that's worth). I'm curious how the members would respond if it's feasible to consider it. If it's a "user-defined property" then "x-" would make a nice prefix--much better than var- in my mind.
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