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Re: [css-cascade-4][css3-ui] naming collision: the "default" value

From: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 15:49:43 -0700
Cc: "L. David Baron" <dbaron@dbaron.org>, Bruno Racineux <bruno@hexanet.net>, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>, Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
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To: Florian Rivoal <florian@rivoal.net> 



> On May 4, 2015, at 11:29 AM, Florian Rivoal <florian@rivoal.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 04 May 2015, at 20:15, L. David Baron <dbaron@dbaron.org> wrote:
>> 
>> 2. Another possibility might be 'fall-back' or similar.  (The spec
>> uses "rolls back" to explain what it does.)
> 
> I'd probably be ok with fall-back or roll-back.
> 
> No love for "default-value" (still my first choice)?

A value with "value" in its name seems a bit awkward. Sentences like "That property has a 'default-value' value" or "assign a value of 'default-value'" just don't seem ideal. 

No love for 'clear' or 'wipe'?
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