[pointerevents] Clarify what "suppressing a pointer event stream" really means (#504)

mustaqahmed has just created a new issue for https://github.com/w3c/pointerevents:

== Clarify what "suppressing a pointer event stream" really means ==
@egirard pointed out in #457 that the [first line](https://w3c.github.io/pointerevents/#dfn-suppress-a-pointer-event-stream:~:text=a%20pointer%20is%20unlikely%20to%20continue%20to%20produce%20events) of Section 4.1.3.3 (Suppressing a pointer event stream) is misleading without certain PEWG background, so it could easily confuse developers.

To be precise, "a pointer is unlikely to continue to produce events" currently carries the _implied_ meaning that "a pointing device is getting disconnected/isolated from the current web-content", and the spec doesn't say it explicitly.

For example, the "modal dialog" condition there is not even a case where the device is stopping to produce events!  The device is only stopping to send events to the current web-content.

Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/pointerevents/issues/504 using your GitHub account


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