Re: [selectors4] Why is the :only-child pseudo-class not a special case in terms of specificity?

This is the same as ‘:hover:hover' having a higher specificity than ‘:hover’; more (pseudo)selectors equals higher specificity, right?

Test case: http://codepen.io/Michiel/pen/452fde8ea665928e2e6fa1edf10ba49b?editors=110

—Michiel

> On 15 Jul 2015, at 07:23, James Donnelly <jdonnelly30@gmail.com> wrote:
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> In both the Selectors recommendation and the Selectors4 working draft, the :only-child pseudo-class documentation states:
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> > “Same as ‘:first-child:last-child’ or ‘:nth-child(1):nth-last-child(1)’, but with a lower specificity.”
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> As much as it would go against the basic specificity implementation, wouldn’t it be logical for the :only-child selector to have the same specificity as those combined selectors?
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> - James 
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