Re: We are where we are.... but how did we get here?

Orion Adrian wrote:
>I was around the last time they were discussing the single versus
>multi-pass argument. Apparently multi-pass would complicate the
>algorithm. It's far from impossible, unless someone would like to
>correct me. It seems IE has a multi-pass system; what is it they've
>lost?

Support for the "inherit" keyword and display: table come to mind. 
See <http://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1070385285&count=1> if you haven't 
already.

I'm still trying to think of a brilliant solution to this, since it 
seems to be one of the biggest shortcomings of CSS.  Unfortunately, 
I've not yet proven myself to be a brilliant enough person to work it 
out.  Feel free to let us know when you have arrived at an elegant 
solution.

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-Adam Kuehn

Received on Wednesday, 29 June 2005 18:55:01 UTC