[csswg-drafts] [css-syntax] problem with parse component value (#3634)

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== [css-syntax] problem with parse component value ==
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**Johannes Koch said:**

> I think there is a problem with parsing a component value (5.3.6) in the CR.
> 
> 4. Reconsume the current input token. Consume a component value and let 
> value be the return value. If nothing is returned, return a syntax error.
> 
> 5. While the current input token is a `<whitespace-token>`, consume the 
> next input token.
> 
> 6. If the current input token is an `<EOF-token>`, return value. 
> Otherwise, return a syntax error.
> 
> We need to consume the next input token before step 5. Otherwise at step 
> 5, the current input token is the last token of the component value 
> consumed by 5.4.6. and cannot be either whitespace or EOF.

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**Tab Atkins said:**

> Ooh, very good catch.  Fixed.  (Rather than consuming the next token
> eagerly, I just changed the condition to look at the next input
> token.)
> 
> I'm also not sure why I wrote the first couple of steps so awkwardly.
> I've instead change them as well to look at the next input token,
> rather than eagerly consuming, looking at current, then reconsuming.

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Received on Thursday, 7 February 2019 23:50:19 UTC