Re: [css3-flexbox] reasons for flex-order being <number> instead of <integer>?

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>wrote:

> For some reason I thought z-index accepted a <number>.
>
> It seems more convenient to have a <number>, because it's easier to
> slot things between other things.  It's not a big deal, though, and
> I'm fine with being consistent with z-index.
>
> Anyone else have any particular opinions about this?
>

Integer sounds more consistent.  Maybe it was an int in an earlier spec
because that's how it's currently implemented in WebKit (it would be easy
to change to number if that's preferred).