Boris Zbarsky wrote:
Gus Richter wrote:
On first glance, my read was that you were toying with Tony by saying
that there may or may not be such a specification and that you were
withholding the answer (or did not know the answer), else were simply
trying to rub his funnybone.
Uh... that's not what Christian said.
I didn't say that that was what he said. I said that it was my read at
first glance.
He was merely pointing out that
the question "where is the specification that defines X?" presumes that
there is such a thing. In this case there isn't one.
There is such a thing. See my response to Christian for details.
If this is true, then there may not be such a specification, in which
case it follows that such a specification then is not necessary.
That's a logical fallacy, sorry. Just because there isn't a spec for
something doesn't mean the spec is not _necessary_. It just means there
isn't one. Generally if there isn't one and it's necessary people get
together and create one.
It could also be that, generally if there isn't one and it's not
necessary, there is no need to get together and create one. ;-)
In any case, I applied it to the real question where we have block and
inline type elements and we're looking for a specification, or a place
within a specification that tells us which element is of which type.
If it is true that "There is not _necessarily_ such a specification.",
then there may not be such a specification, in which case it follows
that such a specification then is not necessary, since almost a decade
will have passed then without one (HTML 4.0 Specification Recommendation
18-Dec-1997, although %block was defined pre-4.0) and surely ....
But there is such a thing. See my response to Christian for details.
Also, based on _not necessarily_ also meaning _not of necessity_ it
rephrases to:
There is not a necessity to have such a specification.
Such a specification is not a necessity.
Such a specification is not necessary.
Sorry, that's false. That's not what the word "necessarily" means in
English at all.
<http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/necessarily>
<http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/necessity>
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Gus
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