Re: [css4-selectors] Focused descendant pseudo class

I'd read ! as not, in fact I just did reviewing the thread. It even made me
frown in confusion.

On 26 January 2012 11:31, Brian Kardell <bkardell@gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes ,I understand the theory behind it.  However, theory and practice are
> two different things.  As I said last year, in a quick straw poll of half a
> dozen or so folks who use css on a daily basis, literally every one of them
> thought that examples from the list, wiki and draft that I provided meant
> "not".
>
> Maybe it is just something that has to be well explained (I would
> definitely add to the draft in that respect if kept) ...  I don't want to
> lead this back into a huge discussion unless it is really time to have it.
> My whole point there is merely that if there is any risk of causing
> additional confusion, why not just pick another.
>  On Jan 26, 2012 4:34 AM, "Lea Verou" <leaverou@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 26/1/12 02:08, Brian Kardell wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, I recall that ... and several people read ! as "not" which is where
>>> ? came from I think.  Its bike shedding to an extent, I admit, but I
>>> don't think without value to discard problematic ideas early on in favor
>>> of less problematic ones....
>>>
>>>
>> ! as "not" is a prefix operator, not a postfix one, as the one currently
>> defined in the selectors4 draft. So, FWIW I don't think there's going to be
>> any such confusion.
>>
>> I actually thought it's a great idea that it was changed to a ! since
>> that's what we use in natural language too in order to highlight something
>> important.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Lea Verou (http://lea.verou.me | @LeaVerou)
>>
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