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Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-variables] Whether to support override a property using itself?

From: François REMY via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 18:43:47 +0000
To: public-css-archive@w3.org
Message-ID: <issue_comment.created-271660651-1484073826-sysbot+gh@w3.org> 
Can you clarify what you are trying to do? Use a value but have 
children inherit another? The css way to achieve this is to have two 
properties.

```
* {
  --main-color: var(--inherited-main-color);
}

:root {
  --main-color: #aaa;
  --inherited-main-color: #bbb;
}
```

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