Re: [css-variables] the new ED for CSS Variables from Tab Atkins Jr. on 2012-02-17 (www-style@w3.org from February 2012)

From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:39:52 -0800
To: Chris Eppstein <chris@eppsteins.net>
Cc: François REMY <fremycompany_pub@yahoo.fr>, www-style@w3.org
Message-ID: <CAAWBYDDnMAw5xwjVB=sry-zsBmVxYbL2vRQtyLZXKKk773m3oA@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Chris Eppstein <chris@eppsteins.net> wrote:
> What's wrong with using $?
>
>  :root { $accentColor: green; }
>   h1 { color: $accentColor; }

It violates the Core Grammar, unfortunately.  That doesn't make it
impossible to do, it just means we need a pretty good justification
for it.

~TJ

Received on Friday, 17 February 2012 22:40:42 UTC