Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-values] Should viewport units still depend on scrollbar width for overflow:scroll? (#1766)

@tabatkins Not to beat a dead horse, but I do think this is important to get right. I just don't understand why viewport units aren't handled *exactly* the same as percentage units, as if the element is a direct child of the `body` for example.

```html
<html style="overflow-y: scroll; /* avoid page shift when scrollbar appears */">
  <body style="margin: 0; padding: 0;>
    <div style="width: 100%;">This is 100% wide, looks good, yay!</div>
    <div style="width: 100vw;">WTF, horizontal scrolling now?</div>
  </body>
</html>
```
That example alone makes no sense to me. The purpose of viewport units was to be able to reference a percentage of the width of the "initial containing block", instead of only being tied to using a percentage of its parent element.

Why would one want to "draw" an element "under" the scrollbar and force a horizontal scrollbar? If you absolutely needed that for whatever reason, *that* should be the exception, and handling it would simply involve hiding the overflow however you see fit (`overflow-x: hidden` or `overflow-y-hidden`).

I have read through the IRC discussions and do not see any solid reason this was dropped.

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