Re: [selectors4][css-syntax] Pseudo-elements vs. combinators

On 05/02/2014 05:46, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 7:55 PM, Sylvain Galineau <galineau@adobe.com> wrote:
>> So just like
>>
>> ::<name> indicates a pseudo-element,
>> :<name> indicates a pseudo-class,
>>
>> we'd have
>>
>> <combinator-prefix><name> indicate a combinator.
>
> […]
>
> How about using ^?


+1 to ^<name> (eg. ^shadow and ^shadow-all) for new combinators.

My main issue with bare ^ and ^^ combinators is that they don’t have a 
name apparent in syntax, but only assign arbitrary meaning to random 
ASCII characters.

^<name> would also fix David’s searchability concern, if we pick names 
that are non-ambiguous enough.

-- 
Simon Sapin

Received on Wednesday, 5 February 2014 11:38:50 UTC