specifity in CSS3 vs. CSS2.1

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SOURCE_1: http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-CSS21-20050613
 
6.4.3 Calculating a selector's specificity
 
A selector's specificity is calculated as follows:
 
    * count 1 if the selector is a 'style' attribute rather than a selector, 
      0 otherwise (= a) (In HTML, values of an element's "style" attribute
      are style sheet rules. These rules have no selectors, so a=1, b=0,
      c=0, and d=0.)
    * count the number of ID attributes in the selector (= b)
    * count the number of other attributes and pseudo-classes in the
      selector (= c)
    * count the number of element names and pseudo-elements in the
      selector (= d)
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SOURCE_2: http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-css3-selectors-20051215

9. Calculating a selector's specificity

A selector's specificity is calculated as follows:

    * count the number of ID selectors in the selector (= a)
    * count the number of class selectors, attributes selectors, 
      and pseudo-classes in the selector (= b)
    * count the number of element names in the selector (= c)
    * ignore pseudo-elements 
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Is the statement 'ignore pseudo-elements' in CSS3 a bug?

If not: shouldn't there be a comment in CSS3 to explain this essential
change? What made this change necessary?

winfried

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