Re: [whatwg] Case-sensitivity of CSS type selectors in HTML

• From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
• Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 10:16:08 -0700
• To: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl>
• Cc: WHATWG <whatwg@lists.whatwg.org>, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu>, Elliott Sprehn <esprehn@chromium.org>, Rune Lillesveen <rune@opera.com>
• Message-ID: <CAAWBYDAZW+CDwX-L2DxPoGuM6eX0_r7YYBY+y+WMATGfZ+6qNA@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl> wrote:
> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 7:09 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I don't think ascii case-insensitivity is a mistake here.
>
> (ASCII) case-insensitivity is a mistake. JavaScript doesn't have it
> and wherever we do have it it's sticking out as sore thumb with a
> dozen subtleties attached.

It's all over CSS (every single language-defined keyword is CI), and
all over a bunch of HTML. Whether you think it's a mistake or not,
it's *common*, and having some tags use it while others don't is
confusing.

~TJ

Received on Friday, 8 May 2015 17:16:53 UTC