Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-syntax][css-shapes] Repeating segments in `shape()` (and perhaps as a generic thing?) (#13862)

• From: Tab Atkins Jr. via GitHub <noreply@w3.org>
• Date: Wed, 06 May 2026 22:13:29 +0000
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> Solved with custom functions up to 255 repeats: [codepen.io/propjockey/pen/XJNWYqQ??editors=0100](https://codepen.io/propjockey/pen/XJNWYqQ??editors=0100)

That's incredible, lol. Using the Billion Laughs Attack for good!

Designing a generic repeater syntax like that sounds fine to me. We'll have to be careful with the name, since we already have the `repeat()` function in Grid.

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