Re: [css21] What's the used value of left/right when overconstrained in relpos?

On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com> wrote:
> >> > My general position is that no style value returned via
> >> > getComputedStyle()
> >> > should be 'auto' if there is a legal return value that denotes the
> >> > "resolved" or "as used" interpretation of 'auto'.
> >>
> >> I believe the current common position among spec is that "auto"
> >> resolves at the earliest common moment it can resolve, across all
> >> possibiliites.  That is, if it can resolve at computed-value time in
> >> some cases, but used-value time in others, it should just resolve at
> >> computed-value time.
> >
> > sounds reasonable
>
> Unfortunately, it looks like I said the exact opposite of what I meant
> to say.  My actual words are nonsensical, because they imply that we
> should resolve "auto" away at computed-value time even when it can't
> be done until used-value time.
>
> What I *meant* to say is "It should just resolve at used-value time".
> That is, a given keyword should always resolve at a single time; if
> it's possible to resolve it at several different times, resolve it at
> the earliest time that satisfies all cases.
>

Thanks for clarifying. That is how I decoded your intention in your earlier
response.