Re: About "d" attribute

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:42 AM, 向雅 <fyaoxy@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Does someone really think a placeholder useful in a dynamic env?
>

Absolutely.


>
> 致敬
> 向雅
>
>
> 2012/5/11 Rick <graham.rick@gmail.com>:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 9:02 PM, 向雅 <fyaoxy@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >> Just notice this:
> >> 8.3.9 The grammar for path data
> >> Note that the BNF allows the path ‘d’ attribute to be empty. This is
> >> not an error, instead it disables rendering of the path.
> >>
> >> Real strange!
> >> Reason:
> >> if d is empty, there is  no path at all. so no render, so disable
> >> what?  Bad logic?
> >> Who will write empty path node? Some one eat enough, nothint to do?
> >
> >
> > People tend to forget that SVG is dynamic.
> >
> > One could come up with use cases for a path that from time to time has no
> > geometry.
> >
> > A path is a series of segments, and zero segments has properly been
> accepted
> > as legal.
> >
> > You could argue that it should be an error to have a path without
> definition
> > and that the proper method would be to use display='none'.  You could
> argue
> > that in a static language a path with no nodes this is nonsensical. SVG
> is
> > not a static geometry format, it is a dynamic geometry language.  For a
> path
> > to have a state with zero nodes is a perfectly valid concept.
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Qinxian
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit
> atrocities.
> >  - Voltaire
>



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