Re: [CSS21] New Candidate Recommendation

Andrei Polushin wrote:
> In [CSS21, G.2]
> <http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/CR-CSS21-20070719/grammar.html#scanner>:
> 
> The grammar rule:
> 
>     @{C}{H}{A}{R}{S}{E}{T}  {return CHARSET_SYM;}
> 
> Should be replaced by (reverted to):
> 
>     "@charset "             {return CHARSET_SYM;}
> 
> Because of the special rule for @charset in [CSS21, 4.4]
> <http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/CR-CSS21-20070719/syndata.html#x57>:
> 
>> @charset must be written literally, i.e., the 10 characters
>> '@charset "' (lowercase, no backslash escapes), followed by the
>> encoding name, followed by '";'.
> 
> BTW, the wording about 10 characters '@charset "' is another problem,
> because current grammar allows the '@charset ' to be followed by
> either " or ' symbol:
> 
>     stylesheet
>       : [ CHARSET_SYM STRING ';' ]?
>         [S|CDO|CDC]* [ import [S|CDO|CDC]* ]*
>         [ [ ruleset | media | page ] [S|CDO|CDC]* ]*
>       ;
> 
> where STRING is can be quoted as either "string1" or 'string2'.

Thanks! I've added your issues to the issues list.
   http://csswg.inkedblade.net/spec/css2.1

~fantasai

Received on Wednesday, 25 July 2007 07:36:41 UTC