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0 pointsTimTheTinker4y ago0 comments

I disagree. If a 5px margin is the general rule, then I would argue it's cleaner to apply it generally, and then apply the 10px margin exceptions in separate rules.

- When special cases are added or removed, the general rule won't have to be adjusted, just code that handles the special cases.

- On the other hand, a single general rule that specifically avoids application to multiple exceptional cases will be pretty long and have multiple :not()s, thus reducing readability and maintainability.

Why burden the general rule with knowledge of its exceptions? To me, doing so is a (small) violation of the principle of separation of concerns.

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mattwad4y ago

plus it's called "cascading style sheets". you're going against the current if everything wants to be so specific. This is one of my gripes with styled components.. it makes it easy to forget the power of cascading rules!

leephillips4y ago

I think that forgetting the power of the cascade is part of the point, maybe the main point.

TimTheTinkerOP4y ago

For me, forgetting the cascade has nothing to do with it; in my use cases, styled-components is all about:

- eliminating the chance of colliding CSS class names when composing multiple micro-clients together

- simplifying builds, especially cascading builds (library + client). It's nice when styles are covered entirely by the JS build (no separate CSS/SCSS input or output files or separate build pipelines).

Yes, there are other complexities/problems that styled-components adds (including the likelihood that devs will forget about the cascade)... so I wouldn't recommend it for every case. But it does have its place.

TimTheTinkerOP4y ago

... but if you're nesting styled components, you'd better not forget about the cascade :-)

cerved4y ago

I don't understand. What do you disagree with, that this isn't the position of the authors?

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0 pointsTimTheTinker4y ago0 comments

I disagree. If a 5px margin is the general rule, then I would argue it's cleaner to apply it generally, and then apply the 10px margin exceptions in separate rules.

- When special cases are added or removed, the general rule won't have to be adjusted, just code that handles the special cases.

Why burden the general rule with knowledge of its exceptions? To me, doing so is a (small) violation of the principle of separation of concerns.

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mattwad4y ago

leephillips4y ago

I think that forgetting the power of the cascade is part of the point, maybe the main point.

TimTheTinkerOP4y ago

For me, forgetting the cascade has nothing to do with it; in my use cases, styled-components is all about:

- eliminating the chance of colliding CSS class names when composing multiple micro-clients together

TimTheTinkerOP4y ago

... but if you're nesting styled components, you'd better not forget about the cascade :-)

cerved4y ago

I don't understand. What do you disagree with, that this isn't the position of the authors?

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