Re: complex uses for variables in css from Tab Atkins Jr. on 2016-03-10 (www-style@w3.org from March 2016)

From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 12:53:29 -0800
To: Xidorn Quan <quanxunzhen@gmail.com>
Cc: Felipe Nascimento de Moura <felipenmoura@gmail.com>, www-style <www-style@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CAAWBYDC=H4sqbfsGPeLF0R8guNGiSxjTRUGCcfp++n-4Nw4wDg@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote:
> Note that calc() *should* be nestable, per spec.  A calc() inside of a
> calc() is identical to just parentheses.

Fixed, by being more disciplined about whether the definitions are for
the literal syntax or an abstract concept. The grammar is now
referring to the "concept" things, so anything that resolves to a
<length> counts as a <dimension>, etc.

~TJ

Received on Thursday, 10 March 2016 20:54:16 UTC