- From: Alan Stearns <stearns@adobe.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:10:28 -0700
- To: Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>, Simon Sapin <simon.sapin@exyr.org>
- CC: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On 3/25/13 11:22 AM, "Håkon Wium Lie" <howcome@opera.com> wrote: >Also sprach Simon Sapin: > > > > The automatic table layout algorithm is already very complex. (Well, > > it¹s not specified, but the next best thing describing what browsers >do > > is http://dbaron.org/css/intrinsic/ ) > >It's complex. But all UAs have implemented it. And I believe we can >refer to it without defining it. I'd prefer we do not refer to undefined, unspecified things. I'd much rather put a complete description in the specification (as Simon has done) or refer to a fully specified source. I mistrust using phrases like "the table algorithm" as a mental shortcut if they cannot be expanded into the proper long form. Thanks, Alan
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