[Bug 29512] New: "Canonical order" is unclear

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=29512

            Bug ID: 29512
           Summary: "Canonical order" is unclear
           Product: CSS
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: CSSOM
          Assignee: simonp@opera.com
          Reporter: dbaron@dbaron.org
        QA Contact: public-css-bugzilla@w3.org
  Target Milestone: ---

The CSSOM spec makes multiple references to the concept of "in canonical
order", as meaning a canonical order for the longhands of a shorthand property.
 But it doesn't define this term anywhere.

Similarly, we've added a "Canonical order" line to the propdef tables, but I
thought that the "Canonical order" in the propdef tables was about defining
value serialization, even for longhand properties, rather than an order for the
subproperties of a shorthand.  If this is the case, then this definition should
be used somewhere.

Either way, the spec should have something useful to link the term "Canonical
order" in the propdef tables to, per
https://github.com/tabatkins/bikeshed/issues/617

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Received on Wednesday, 2 March 2016 08:33:43 UTC