[css-cascade] Apparent contradiсtion between definitions of "the cascade" and "the output of the cascade"

[SelenIT]

The 1st paragraph of the §6. Cascading in both Level 4 and Level 5 states (emphasis mine):

The cascade takes an unordered list of declared values for a given property on a given element, sorts them by their declaration’s precedence as determined below, and outputs a single cascaded value.

At the same time, the last paragraph of §6.1. Cascade Sorting Order says that

The output of the cascade is a (potentially empty) sorted list of declared values for each property on each element.

These statements seem to contradict each other, which is confusing. Are "the output of the cascade" and the thing that "the cascade outputs" not the same thing? Shouldn't this be clarified for consistency?

[tabatkins]

Yes, "cascaded value" and "output of the cascade" are not the same thing. If you follow the "cascaded value" link to its definition, you see:

The cascaded value represents the result of the cascade: it is the declared value that wins the cascade (is sorted first in the output of the cascade). If the output of the cascade is an empty list, there is no cascaded value.

The "output of the cascade" is a list; the "cascaded value" is one of the items in that list, or nothing if it's empty.

That said, the wording there is indeed somewhat confusing. Ideas, @fantasai?

[tabatkins]

Wondering if just "cascade list" might be an appropriate replacement for "output of the cascade"

[SelenIT]

"Cascade list" sounds great!