RE: [CSSOM] some feedback on serialization

*almost* "never paid attention"
There was directed effort in document mode 9 in IE9 (and IE10) to pay some heed to this rule.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sylvain Galineau
> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 9:08 AM
> To: Brian Manthos; Anne van Kesteren (annevk@opera.com); www-
> style@w3.org
> Subject: RE: [CSSOM] some feedback on serialization
> 
> 
> [Brian Manthos:]
> > 6.6.2
> > # Where multiple CSS component values can appear in any order #
> without
> > changing the meaning of the value (typically represented # by a
> double bar
> > || in the value syntax), use the order as given in # the syntax.
> >
> > Many (all?) CSS3 modules appear to be paying no attention to this
> > expectation at all.
> 
> This one is controversial since no editor writes the syntax definition
> as a serialization
> format. Given the alternative between using this and defining what the
> serialization format
> is for every single CSS property, however, I understand why Anne would
> prefer the former :)
> But since browsers never paid attention to syntax definitions to define
> their serialization,
> and since syntax definitions were never written with serialization in
> mind (afaik) it's no
>  surprise neither other modules or implementations are up to this. I
> think of this clause as a
> placeholder, really.

Received on Friday, 19 August 2011 17:48:47 UTC