- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:19:15 +0100
- To: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
We decided not to use parentheses for calc() partly because bare parentheses are not used yet anywhere in CSS value syntax, and this would preserve them for any more generic uses we might need, and partly because the name clarifies its meaning. Given we didn't use up parentheses for calc(), which is itself pretty generic, I don't think the very specific properties of grid-rows and grid-columns should be using *both* bare parentheses and bare brackets. So please, use a functional notation. :) I suggest repeat(), with the number of repetitions listed as the first argument. It also makes it much clearer what this notation is for. ~fantasai (Personally, I thought calc() generic enough and self-evident enough to justify the use of bare parentheses, but there you go. I definitely don't think repetition syntax is, though!)
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