- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 12:27:35 -0800
- To: Asmus Freytag <asmusf@ix.netcom.com>
- Cc: Simon Sapin <simon.sapin@exyr.org>, "Phillips, Addison" <addison@lab126.com>, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl>, Richard Ishida <ishida@w3.org>, Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>, www International <www-international@w3.org>
On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Asmus Freytag <asmusf@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > On 1/23/2014 10:18 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: >> So, in sum: >> >> 1. Nobody should be using @charset in the first place. We only retain >> it for legacy purposes, and new stylesheets should just be done in >> utf-8. >> 2. There is a realistic concern that we're already under legacy >> constraints to not loosen the syntax. >> 3. CSS parsing allows for *far* more variation than just "more spaces >> and either type of quote". >> 4. UAs are very unlikely to implement the full flexibility of CSS >> parsing just for encoding detection. >> 5. If we specify only a subset of allowed variation, the original goal >> of making encoding detection aligned with valid @charset rules is >> still not satisfied. >> >> For all these reasons, I strongly reject any proposal to change the >> current specification regarding the strictness of the encoding >> declaration syntax. > > Succinctly reasoned. > > Will the spec be written accordingly? It already is written accordingly. Unless you mean something more specific? ~TJ
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