display:table-cell and block-level elements

The CSS2 spec says, in section 9.2.1:
#
# Block-level elements are those elements of the source document that
# are formatted visually as blocks (e.g., paragraphs). [...]
#
# Block-level elements generate a principal block box that only
# contains block boxes.

It also explicitly lists the 'display' values 'block', 'list-item',
'compact' and 'run-in' (part of the time), and 'table' as being those
that make an element into a block-level one.

However, table-cell elements also "generate a principal block box that
only contains block boxes". And apart from the way they are positioned
in a table, table cells act in many other ways just like blocks.

Is it therefore safe to assume that display:table-cell elements are
also meant to be considered as block-level elements?

(NOTE: I know what the spec says. What I'm looking for here is a
statement from a working group member to clarify the original intent.)

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Received on Friday, 10 March 2000 19:32:03 UTC