Re: [css-variables] references to "component value"

On Friday 2012-12-07 09:11 -0800, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 11:02 PM, L. David Baron <dbaron@dbaron.org> wrote:
> > There are two references to the term "component value" that have
> > crept back in to the css-variables editor's draft since the last
> > working draft.  I thought we'd agreed (multiple times, I think) that
> > this wasn't the approach we were taking.  Instead, we are using
> > token stream substitution, because it is possible to describe in a
> > way that can lead to interoperable implementations without
> > all-but-one of the implementations having to rewrite.
> >
> > In particular, I'd suggest replacing:
> >   # A variable can be used in place of any component value in any
> >   # property on an element.
> > with:
> >   # A variable can be used in place of any part of a value in any
> >   # property on an element.
> >
> > and replacing:
> >   # Similarly, you can't build up a single component value where
> >   # part of it is provided by a variable:
> > with:
> >   # Similarly, you can't build up a single token where part of it is
> >   # provided by a variable:
> 
> Sorry, force of habit.  These are good changes.

Could I ask that you make them sooner rather than later?  (Or would
you like me to do so?)

-David

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