RE: Same source multiple times with @import

Where is there a rule that says if the same rule is included twice, the
second inclusion is ignored?  I can't find it.

-Chris Wilson
 Internet Explorer Team
 cwilso@microsoft.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Neil St.Laurent [SMTP:neil@bigpic.com]
> Sent:	Friday, January 02, 1998 12:50 PM
> To:	www-style@w3.org
> Subject:	Same source multiple times with @import
> 
> Given t.css:
> 
> @import (u.css);
> @import (v.css);
> 
> and u.css:
> 
> @import (v.css);
> 
> p { color: red; }
> 
> and v.css:
> 
> p { color: green; }
> 
> Should the color of p be red or green?
> 
> I will argue that it should be "red" because sheets are to be 
> processed in order they are found (recursively into files) and if the 
> same sheet is included twice the second inclusion is ignored.
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