Re: [Lynx-dev] lss weirdness on <div class="contents">

[Thorsten Glaser]

Thomas Dickey dixit:

>The color-style code (always has) computes a hash code for the tags
>and matches on the hash code.  Since the hash table is only a few thousand
>items, collisions will happen.

So that means I couldn't even define another style for div.content?

>(The program doesn't followup with a string-comparison after matching
>the hash -- I seem to recall some limitation which would allow that).

That’s probably the “feature” part you mentioned.

bye,
//mirabilos
-- 
<igli> exceptions: a truly awful implementation of quite a nice idea.
<igli> just about the worst way you could do something like that, afaic.
<igli> it's like anti-design.  <mirabilos> that too… may I quote you on that?
<igli> sure, tho i doubt anyone will listen ;)