Re: [css4-images] support for SVG Paint Servers without element()

On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Dirk Schulze <dschulze@adobe.com> wrote:

> As conclusion, I wonder why CSS4 Images can't support SVG fragment
> identifiers directly:
>
> background-image: url(image.svg#gradient1);
>

The code paths to load an SVG document as an image and an SVG document to
provide an external resource such as a paint server are quite different, in
Gecko at least. We need to know when we start loading the document which
situation we're in. With your syntax, we can't know until the document is
loaded. We use the presence of element() to signal that we're in the
external resource situation.

Rob
-- 
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be children of your Father in heaven. ... If you love those
who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors
doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more
than others?" [Matthew 5:43-47]