Re: [css-d] Help finding history/discussion on multiple values

2011-06-10 Thread Brian Kardell
Sorry Gabriel, perhaps I should have been more specific. You example shows commas being used to separate values being passed to a function which resolves a clipping region - this seems pretty standard and intuitive... On the other hand - what I am talking about is modules (like background or tran

Re: [css-d] Help finding history/discussion on multiple values

2011-06-10 Thread Gabriele Romanato
Hi Brian. The problem with CSS commas is that they're not required in all cases. Consider this example: #test { clip: rect(10px, 10px, 10px, 5px); } CSS specs say that for the clip property commas are optional, but some browsers don't allow them to appear between values, meaning that for some b

[css-d] Help finding history/discussion on multiple values

2011-06-10 Thread Brian Kardell
I've spent a lot of time searching through the archives, reading through searching online looking for any of the discussions and rationale that led to the multiple comma separated lists values allowed by a few of the modules now like backgrounds and transitions. It raises a lot of questions for me