Re: [css-variables] $ for declaration? (not a variable on the left)

It really comes down to whether you conceive of $ as being a separate
concept from the variable. If you conceive of $ as a kind of escape that
indicates the next token is a variable name to be read, then $ is really
nothing more than a function that doesn't need parens. If instead you see $
as part of the variable name, then it makes sense for $ to always be
coupled whenever a variable is referenced.

It's my sense that people don't see $ as an escape, they see it a part of
the name.

Chris