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--- ideas:color-object [2014/07/08 23:15] – Change to explicit "toString" method. tabatkins
+++ ideas:color-object [2014/07/09 19:24] – Reword parseColor() definition. tabatkins
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   partial interface CSS {
-    CSSColor parseColor(DOMString color, optional Element el);
+    RGBAColor parseColor(DOMString color, optional Element el);
   };
-If parseColor is called with a color that depends on the element on which it is used,
+parseColor() takes a string containing any CSS color, and returns an RGBAColor for it.  If the string isn't parseable as a color, throw a SyntaxError exception.
-such as ''currentcolor'' or ''inherit'',
-but no el argument was passed,
+The optional second argument is used to resolve colors that vary based on the element, such as ''currentcolor''.  If such a color is parsed but the second argument is not provided, throw a XXX exception.
-throw a XXX error.