Re: [css-flexbox] rationale for definite size conditions

On 04/04/2016 06:04 PM, Christian Biesinger wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 5:44 PM, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net> wrote:
>> On 04/04/2016 05:23 PM, Daniel Holbert wrote:
>>>
>>> On 04/04/2016 01:57 PM, fantasai wrote:
>>>>
>>>> (Fwiw, we did clarify that if an item with a definite flex basis
>>>> is inflexible, it is considered definite. [1])
>>>> [1] https://hg.csswg.org/drafts/rev/fbcbe170c119
>>>
>>>
>>> Two concerns about this -- so, the new language here is:
>>>     # Note: An inflexible item with a definite flex basis
>>>     # is, by definition, definite.
>>>
>>> CONCERN #1: "definite" is a term that applies to lengths, not to items.
>>> So, the "item ... is ... definite" language doesn't make any sense here.
>>>    This really wants to say that the item's main size is definite, I think?
>>
>>
>> Yes, good point. Fixed.
>
> Also, what does "inflexible" mean in this context? Both flex-grow and
> shrink being zero or do I have to also figure out which one applies to
> determine whether it is definite?

Both being zero. Switched to "fully inflexibe" and added definition...

~fantasai

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