- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:31:27 +0000 (UTC)
On Tue, 13 Dec 2011, Alexis Menard wrote: > > Well it doesn't clearly say it but if I quote : > > "The reversed attribute is a boolean attribute. If present, it > indicates that the list is a descending list (..., 3, 2, 1). If the > attribute is omitted, the list is an ascending list (1, 2, 3, ...)." > > Maybe we should replace "indicates that the list is a descending list > (..., 3, 2, 1)" by "indicates that the list is a descending list (..., > 3, 2, 1, 0, -1,...). > > That was *for me* the confusing part but maybe it is just me. I recommend reading this section again: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/introduction.html#how-to-read-this-specification In particular, note that the paragraph you quote doesn't include any "MUST" statements. The first sentence references a definition that gives an authoring conformance criteria. The second sentence doesn't say anything normative at all; it just describes the meaning of the attribute. The spec tries to be very explicit about stuff. You should never have to read between the lines. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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