Re: [css-values] interpolate() function

On Dec 3, 2013, at 7:55 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Lea Verou <lea@verou.me> wrote:
>> On Dec 3, 2013, at 00:39, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Yeah, I've thought about this before.  I'm in favor of it.
>> 
>> Great! Anyone else?
>> 
>> Btw, I've noticed many authors don't know what interpolation means, even native English speakers, so perhaps we need a different name than interpolate(). I've thought of combine() but it doesn't make sense for e.g. lengths. Definitely not cross-fade() though, that's confusing even for images (for which it was designed).
> 
> More synonyms for combine() could be blend() or mix().

What about cross-fade()? Oh wait...

> 
> Ultimately, we're stuck with either using a name that's not perfect
> for all types, or using a name for the generic operation that many
> people won't understand.
> 
> ~TJ
> 

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