Re: [css-variables][naming] Renaming 'var'

On Apr 14, 2013 3:26 AM, "Simon Sapin" <simon.sapin@exyr.org> wrote:
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> Le 14/04/2013 00:57, Bjoern Hoehrmann a écrit :
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>> * fantasai wrote:
>>>
>>> So, at Rename the Web Forward [1], Sylvain and I concluded that it
>>> just might be better to use 'set-' as the prefix and 'get()' as the
>>> function name instead of 'var-' and 'var()'.
>>>
>>> p {
>>>    set-???: green;
>>>    background: get(???);
>>> }
>>>
>>> This takes us closer to "custom properties" than "variables",
>>> (and has the added bonus of not being an abbreviation!)
>>
>>
>> Well, `get` and `set` as used here are imperative, while CSS tries to be
>> a declarative language, so this seems rather confusing to me.
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>
>
> I like loosing the Variable terminology, but I share Björn’s concerns. In
particular, this is gonna be awkward:
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>   style.getPropertyValue('set-foo')
>
> --
> Simon Sapin
>

Fwiw, iirc the imperative argument, what simon just mentioned and also the
fact that "get" as a function could have numerous interpretations all came
up when François and I forked a draft and began pursuing "custom
properties" and we thought it was less important than just clearly
describing them as such, so we avoided and went another way.  I didn't love
that way either.

I can see arguments against get/set.  I am ok with var/var or even a mix of
the two.  Despite all of this, i find get/set personally most intuitive and
enforcing the idea of custom properties.