[Bug 19277] Relationship and precedence of hidden="" and display:none should be clarified/defined

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=19277

--- Comment #25 from Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no> ---
(In reply to James Craig from comment #23)
> I was thinking both 1 and 2 should apply, but could live with your edit.
> Others in PF felt more strongly that there should be a warning or error when
> authors overrode the 'hidden' semantic.
> 
> Can you clarify your objection to making it an author error/warning to
> diplay content marked as [hidden]?

Per HTML5 it is already an authoring error to make an element with the @hidden
attribute visible. Citing the NOTE i HTML51: 

“Authors therefore have to take care when writing their style sheets to make
sure that the attribute is still styled as expected.”

http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/single-page.html#the-hidden-attribute

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