- From: Michael Enright <michael.enright@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:18:13 -0800
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Christoph P?per <christoph.paeper at crissov.de> wrote: > > + <h4>Attributes common to <code>td</code> and <code>th</code> > > elements</h4> > > > > + <p>The <code>td</code> and <code>th</code> elements may have a <dfn > > + title="attr-tdth-colspan"><code>colspan</code></dfn> content > > + attribute specified, whose value must be a <span>valid non-negative > > + integer</span> greater than zero. > > Isn't that the description of a valid positive integer? If that term > is not used or defined yet, why not? > The mathematical definitions of positive and negative integers exclude zero, but the less-expert reader might not realize that zero is not valid for colspan unless it is made explicit. "integer greater than zero" would be one way to say it. Otherwise "positive non-zero integer"? March 14th was "Talk like a physicist day." Is there a connection? I doubt it.
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