Re: [CSS2.1] Parsing Selectors with Brackets

The problem lies in the correct error flagging.
that is, in the difference between a correct DELIM sequence and an incorrect
one.

{ }
{{}}

this is related to the single UA implementation, not to the specs. :-)

2007/12/26, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>:
>
>
> Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:
> > * fantasai wrote:
> >> While reviewing Gabriele Romanato's tests, I realized that we don't
> >> seem to specify matching brackets etc. when parsing selectors.
> >
> > This problem statement is too brief for me to follow you. Could you
> > elaborate? I note that the core grammar is quite clear that you can
> > not use { or } at all in selectors and (), [] only properly nested.
> > How is your problem different from e.g. using ";" or "<!--" "in a
> > selector"? There are many things about parsing style sheets and the
> > components of them left undefined, why would we need to address the
> > issue you are raising in CSS 2.1?
>
> The core grammar says what's correct. It doesn't say how to do error
> recovery. The question is, how is this parsed:
>
>   p { color: orange; }
>   p ( { color: red; } p { background: blue; } )
>
> Is the paragraph orange or blue?
>
> ~fantasai
> w
>
>


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