Selectors erratum (was Re: Various comments on selectors' Test)

> --- "Eric A. Meyer" <emeyer@sr71.lit.cwru.edu> wrote:
> > >5.5 Descendant selectors
> > >     I suggest "Descendant combinators" instead of
> > "Descendant selectors"
> > >     and more generally use "combinators" when
> > appropriate (5.5 -> 5.7)
> 
> I would agree (with Daniel). According to the CSS
> grammar.
> 
> BODY P is a selector, with BODY a simple selector, P a
> simple selector, and ' ' a combinator (defined thus in
> the grammar:
> : '+' S* | '>' S* | /* empty */)

I think the use of descendant selector in the spec must be considered
erroneous - if they are selectors, they are exactly the same as CSS-1
contextual selectors, and therefore the change is pointless, so therefore
they must be combinators.


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Received on Monday, 7 February 2000 07:27:34 UTC