z-index higher than greatest value

[kurtextrem]

http://www.sitepoint.com/managing-css-stacking-contexts-hostile-environment/ "How big can z-index be anyway?". No need to use 4999999999 and 5999999999 when 2147483648 is the highest value possible

[gorhill]

Why is this an issue?

[kurtextrem]

Does it make sense to use a higher value than the highest value possible? It's not really a huge deal or something, but it could be irritating if you look through the source ("so the 599... element has a higher index than the 499.." and in reality they have the same)

[gorhill]

The spec doesn't set a max. The author makes an unbsustantiated assumption about all implementations. I don't have to buy his assumption, and I don't. Actually, it appears Chromium uses float. Please, I rather spend time on real issues (give me a case where a real problem occurs), not dreamed ones.

[gorhill]

Sorry for having been snappy. The fact that it's the second time you open an issue for such a non-issue didn't help however.

[kurtextrem]

No worries. Yeah, I know that it's the second time. I wasn't sure if you get a notification once it's closed (I can't reopen). Sorry for wasting your time (again), I didn't mean it as huge issue, just a friendly poke about it. :) Am 17.12.2014 23:31 schrieb "Raymond Hill" <notifications@github.com>:

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Sorry for having been snappy. The fact that it's the second time <gorhill/uBlock#209> you open an issue for such a non-issue didn't help however. — Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub <gorhill/uBlock#421 (comment)>.