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Replying to @FremyCompany @LeaVerou @RickByers @gregwhitworth
define --bg in one stylesheet and use it in your inline style, url will be relative to "wrong" root
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this needs working group resolution, please file a github issue and agenda+
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will do
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What's unclear about current spec? Variables are token substitution, so relative to use.
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Sure, but that is not useful. It means you cannot store images in variables reliably.
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But if this is what we want we can resolve on that; want this minuted though
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We could resolve url() based on the document that created the token, not where it was used
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fwiw, the Chrome team consensus seems to agree with me this should be changed in the spec
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FWIW, that implies we shouldn't introduce mechanisms for URL reference other than url().
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What do you mean by that?
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Replying to @FremyCompany @LeaVerou @RickByers @gregwhitworth
We've talked about other ways (new functions) for URLs in CSS, but they wouldn't be tokens

Nov 24, 2016 · 8:42 AM UTC

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Replying to @davidbaron @LeaVerou @RickByers @gregwhitworth
Resolved based on where the function token is defined; not arguments