Since it sounds like it doesn't do anything, then yes. Removing it sounds like the correct course of action. Someone who later implements ::marker or lands CSS3-list tests, can revert your patch.
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Elliott Sprehn <espr...@chromium.org> wrote: > WebKit is the only browser that implements the magic counter named > "list-item" and we have no tests for it. This is from the CSS3 Lists module > (http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-lists/). This special counter was added back > in the initial implementation of CSS counters 6 years ago. > > ex. > > <style> li:before { content: "(" counter(list-item) ")"; } </style> > > <ol> > <li> > </ol> > > It's not useful since we don't support the ::marker psuedo element, nor does > any other browser. The above example outputs (2) since the implied counter > increment is on the list marker which we don't actually support. I can't > find references to this thing in Google outside the spec itself either. > > Can I remove this feature? > > - Elliott > > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev > _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev