Re: [css-counter-styles] OM model for @counter-style rules

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 11:19 PM, Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com> wrote:
> > for CSSCountStyleRule I think we should avoid use of CSSStyleDeclaration,
> > and also should not use the word "style" in apposition with "counter";
> i.e.,
> > use @counter, not @counter-style; use CSSCounterRule, not
> > CSSCounterStyleRule; and define CSSCounterRule to have only the following
> > DOMString? members:
>
> I disagree with your preferred naming - we already have the concept of
> "counters" and the counter() and counters() functions, neither of
> which match the concept of a "counter style".  I think @counter-style
> is the clearest way to name the rule.
>

The problem is that CSSCounterStyleRule and @counter-style gives the wrong
impression that one is defining styles, and that something like
CSSStyleDeclaration is appropriate. The addition of 'Style' and '-style' in
both cases adds nothing and is misrepresentative (in the sense that one is
not declaring styles). There isn't anything wrong with just using @counter
or @counters (any more than there is anything wrong with using @page
instead of @page-style, @media instead of @media-style). For someone who
likes shortening every name to a minimum, it is surprising to see you
advocate a long name when a short one that is more accurate would do.


> Yeah, your suggested interface is what I was going to change it to.
>