- From: Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 14:01:39 -0400
- To: Maël Nison <nison.mael@gmail.com>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 6:58 AM, Maël Nison <nison.mael@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Why can't we have a division by units and a parse-time validation of the >> expression ? ... > At this level, we're not willing to deal with calc() expressions that > might be invalid later than parse-time. It's maybe worth mentioning that "at this level" is a term-of-art in the WG. It means "we are not going to add this feature _right now_, but we may reconsider in the next revision (a.k.a. level) of this module." Usually when something is rejected "at this level", it's not because we don't see any use for it, it's because we want to limit the complexity of the current set of revisions to the module. We do that to make it easier for browser implementors to keep up, and to ensure that we don't design castles in the air which will later turn out to be less than useful and/or intractably difficult to support. zw
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