[CSS2.1] Collapsing whitespace pre in table elements

Hello,

As per http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008Mar/0025.html
It seems that the resolution was to apply display:none to table elements that contain only whitespace even if it is set to "pre".

This is contradictory to the intent of "whitespace: pre" to begin with. We would be collapsing whitespace despite author intentions.

What was the motivation behind this decision?

Thanks,
Saloni


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Saloni Mira Rai
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