- From: Ron van den Boogaard <ron@ronvdb.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 21:54:10 +0200
- To: Marat Tanalin <mtanalin@yandex.ru>
- Cc: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkmann@gmail.com>, Chris Eppstein <chris@eppsteins.net>, Simon Sapin <simon.sapin@exyr.org>, "Jens O. Meiert" <jens@meiert.com>, W3C WWW Style <www-style@w3.org>
As an author I’d rather have the prefix than the nesting.
One missed curly bracket might break part of the css.
Whereas a prefix keeps it much more recognizable and maintainable.
Ron van den Boogaard
Ronald
P Before printing, think about the environment
On 3 apr. 2014, at 21:23, Marat Tanalin <mtanalin@yandex.ru> wrote:
> 03.04.2014, 20:33, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>:
>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 9:11 AM, Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkmann@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not familiar with what @ is being used for. Why couldn't variables start
>>> with @?
>>
>> @ is for at-rules. CSS Syntax already allows at-rules inside of style
>> rules (none are defined yet, but it's available when we extend into
>> that realm, which we will definitely do)
>
> If at-rules are allowed inside of style rules, then it's maybe time to reconsider defining variables (custom props now) via a nested at-rule:
>
> .example {
> @var {
> foo: #fff;
> bar: #000;
> }
>
> background: var(foo);
> color: var(bar);
> }
>
> So any prefix like `--` is unneeded at all while variables are clearly separated from regular properties.
>
> As a nice side effect, global (root-level) variables could be defined without need to nest them in redundant style rule with `:root` selector.
>
>
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