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

From: Robert O'Callahan <robert@ocallahan.org>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:50:13 +1300
Message-ID: <CAOp6jLbTZ9ctzhfM7yVx0gWm2JOR2PgvMWajSQAX0k6KGMyLqg@mail.gmail.com>
To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
Cc: Daniel Holbert <dholbert@mozilla.com>, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 12:28 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.
>

I think it would make sense for flex-order to support <number> and to
extend z-index to support <number> as well. I'm sure it would make authors'
lives easier in some cases, and it would be easy to implement.

Rob
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