- From: Stanimir Stamenkov <stanio@myrealbox.com>
- Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 12:21:19 +0200
- To: Mikko Rantalainen <mira@cc.jyu.fi>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
Mikko Rantalainen wrote: > If rules for multiple elements are tied together and one of them is > changed via DOM I'd expect that calculating computed style could take > serious CPU hit in some cases. This is because setting property to > unsupported value could invalidate entire rule set and invalidating that > could cause further chain effect when "unhidden" rules cause other @ties > to invalidate (if nesting is allowed). I'm just guessing about possible > problems, really. > > As I think it further it seems reasonable to implement every @tie as it > was a separate style sheet and simply toggle that on and off as required > -- that is, on if every rule is implemented, off if any rule cannot be > implemented. That way, existing styling code can be maximally reused > (and stuff like !important Just Works). Yes, until there is somewhat implementation as base we could only speculate on the correct approach. > [Did my previous posting get to the mailing list or is my UA simply > broken?] No, it's my fault - seems I've pushed the "Reply" and not the "Reply All" button, sorry. -- Stanimir
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