Re: [CSS3-mediaqueries]: Invalid test cases in test suite from Boris Zbarsky on 2011-09-28 (public-css-testsuite@w3.org from September 2011)

From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:25:37 -0400
To: Arron Eicholz <Arron.Eicholz@microsoft.com>
CC: "public-css-testsuite@w3.org" <public-css-testsuite@w3.org>
Message-ID: <4E8382C1.4010605@mit.edu>

On 9/28/11 4:22 PM, Arron Eicholz wrote:
> Nope I'm not talking about IEEE doubles in any way.

OK, good.

> It’s a concern because CSS defines what a number is and it currently isn't IEEE doubles.

Indeed.  It's real numbers.  It says so right in the spec.

> I just want a clear definition that isn't ambiguous like it is now.

How is:

   real number values (denoted by <number>)

in any way ambiguous?  Would it help if it linked to 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_number or something?

-Boris

Received on Wednesday, 28 September 2011 20:26:06 UTC