[css3-multicol]Inconsistency in the multicolumn draft spec

    Hello all,

At some point, the draft states:

The reason for making
‘column-width<http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-multicol/#column-width>’
somewhat flexible is to achieve scalable designs that can fit many screen
sizes. To set an exact column width, all length values (in horizontal text
these are: ‘width’,
‘column-width<http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-multicol/#column-width>’,
‘column-gap <http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-multicol/#column-gap0>’, and ‘
column-rule-width <http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-multicol/#column-rule-width>’)
must be specified.


but then again, later it says

Column rules do not take up space. That is, the presence or thickness of a
column rule will not alter the placement of anything else.


this second statement is correct, IMO; but the first one somehow implies
that "column-rule-width" may somehow alter the width & placement of columns..

   Regards,
       Virgil.