Re: [css3-mediaqueries][mediaqueries4] "never necessary to apply the style sheet in order to evaluate expressions." from Tab Atkins Jr. on 2014-01-28 (www-style@w3.org from January 2014)

From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:16:37 -0800
To: "L. David Baron" <dbaron@dbaron.org>
Cc: Florian Rivoal <florian@rivoal.net>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>, Simon Sapin <simon.sapin@exyr.org>
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On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 9:47 AM, L. David Baron <dbaron@dbaron.org> wrote:
> As I pointed out in the working group meeting today, I'd prefer if
> the exception said that the rules are overridden only if the
> relevant spec explicitly says they're overridden.  This means that
> provisions in specifications that aren't intended to override these
> rules won't be interpreted to override them.  (I suspect there are
> probably quite a few things that could be interpreted to override
> this rule.)
>
> I think there was general agreement in the meeting about this
> proposal.
>
> (This idea is modeled somewhat on
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_Thirty-three_of_the_Canadian_Charter_of_Rights_and_Freedoms .)

Done!

~TJ

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