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[csswg-drafts] [css-conditional-3] Allowing semicolons (#5558)

From: Chris Lilley via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:47:56 +0000
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svgeesus has just created a new issue for https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts:

== [css-conditional-3] Allowing semicolons ==
@SimonSapin [wrote on www-style in 2013](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2013Aug/0527.html)

>>Le 25/08/2013 21:36, Tab Atkins Jr. a écrit :
>> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Simon Sapin <simon.sapin@exyr.org> wrote:
>> Le 25/08/2013 08:01, Cameron McCormack a écrit :
>>
>>>      @supports (var-a: abc;)               { ... fails ... }
>>
>> This one should be the same as
>>
>>    @supports (color: green;)
>>
>> What do we want these to do?
>

>> Yes, it is - note the equivalent statement without the semicolon in
>>the "passes" section of his email.
>>
>> Per the Conditional spec's grammar, having a semicolon at the end is invalid.

> Yes, this is what I’m reading from the spec as well, but I seem to 
> remember F2F discussions where dbaron wanted this to be valid because 
> people might just add the semi-colon by habit. Or did I make this up?


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