RE: [css3-animations] Times are listed as unitless

[Simon Fraser:]
> On May 2, 2011, at 12:17 PM, Sylvain Galineau wrote:
> 
> > I also brought this up [1] and it seems Gradients assume zero angles
> > require a unit.
> >
> > Given the precedent, I agree it would be more author-friendly if zero
> > was allowed to have no unit everywhere. But even as someone who
> > doesn't write CSS parsers for a living, I am not sure the convenience
> > is worth the bug-prone ambiguity or more complex value syntax that can
> > result. On balance, making length the exception - on historical
> > grounds and because it is the most-used value type - does not seem
> > unreasonable. But it does feel icky.
> 
> I'm strongly in favor of unitless zero everywhere. As an author, I
> wouldn't be able to remember where I need units and where I do not if the
> rules differ for different values.

Same everywhere is ideal. Or a single exception such as "not required for 
lengths but needed everywhere else". I'd be OK with either. Any more 
complicated is a fail imo.

Received on Monday, 2 May 2011 22:42:56 UTC