fix: leave operations for the browser when an operand is a runtime CSS var() - #4480
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughLESS now preserves operations containing CSS function calls when operands cannot be evaluated directly. Operator precedence logic preserves grouping during CSS output. Fixtures cover deferred ChangesCSS variable operation preservation
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The change preserves runtime CSS operations, but right-side division under multiplication can currently serialize without parentheses and cause the browser to evaluate a different expression. This bounded correctness issue should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge; the remaining style cleanup is minor. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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When a runtime CSS function is nested below multiple arithmetic operators, the inner operation is preserved as an Operation, but the enclosing operation only accepts a direct Call and throws Operation on an invalid type, preventing valid expressions such as (1px + var(--x)) * 2 from compiling.
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Good catch. I tried extending the passthrough to nested operations, but doing so naively drops the parentheses and reassociates the expression: (1px + var(--x)) * 2 would emit 1px + var(--x) * 2, which changes precedence and is worse than the current error. Handling nested runtime operations correctly needs parenthesis/precedence preservation, which is a separate concern from this focused fix for a direct var() operand, so I've kept the PR scoped to the direct case.
…S var() A CSS function such as var() or env() only resolves in the browser, so an operation holding one cannot be computed at build time and threw "Operation on an invalid type" instead of being emitted verbatim. Leave such an operation intact. The search for a runtime call descends into nested operations rather than looking at the direct operands alone, because a deferred operation is itself an operand the enclosing operator cannot compute either, so `100% - var(--w) + 2px` would otherwise still throw. genCSS now re-emits a nested operand with the parentheses its shape needs. Printed flat, `(a - b) * c` comes out as `a - b * c`, which parses back the other way round; parentheses are added only where precedence requires them, so a left-associative chain still prints without them. Signed-off-by: 林晨 (Leo Cheng) <leo-cheng@vip.qq.com>
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In `@packages/less/lib/less/tree/operation.js`:
- Line 48: Update the right-side parenthesization logic in operation.js so
division operands remain parenthesized when nested under multiplication,
including both `/` and `./` operators; preserve the existing exceptions for `+`
and `*`, and add regression fixtures covering both right-side division operators
with runtime var(--x) expressions.
In `@packages/test-data/tests-unit/operations-css-vars/operations-css-vars.less`:
- Line 12: Add an empty line immediately before the nested-operation comment in
operations-css-vars.less to satisfy the
scss/double-slash-comment-empty-line-before Stylelint rule.
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| // `a - (b - c)` and `a / (b / c)` do not survive losing them either. | ||
| return isRight && inner === outer && op !== '+' && op !== '*'; |
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CSS Values and Units typed arithmetic multiplication division left associative calc var dimensions
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In CSS, mathematical expressions within calc and the CSS Typed OM API follow specific rules regarding associativity and type-safe arithmetic. CSS calc For the calc function, the specification dictates that operators use standard precedence, where multiplication (*) and division (/) bind tighter than addition (+) and subtraction (-) [1][2]. When operators have the same precedence, they are evaluated left-to-right [1][2]. Regarding typed arithmetic in calc: - Multiplication: You can only multiply a typed value by a unitless number [3][4]. Multiplying two typed values (e.g., px * px) is disallowed because it would create squared units, which are not supported in CSS [3][5][4]. - Division: You can divide a value by a unitless number [3][4]. Furthermore, recent updates to the specification and browser support allow dividing a typed value by another typed value of the same data type (e.g., 100px / 1px), which results in a unitless number [3][5][4]. CSS Typed OM The CSS Typed Object Model API provides methods (add, sub, mul, div) to perform arithmetic on CSSNumericValue objects [6][7]. - Associativity: These operations are explicitly defined to be left-associative [6][8]. For example, when multiplying a sequence of values (e.g., mul(1, 2, 3, 4)), the operation is performed as (((1 * 2) * 3) * 4) [6][8]. This left-to-right evaluation is required to ensure interoperability in the presence of floating-point arithmetic [6][8]. - Commutativity/Associativity of Types: While the operations are left-associative, the CSS Typed OM specification notes that types form a semigroup under addition and a monoid under multiplication, meaning they are inherently associative and commutative [6][8]. This allows for the unambiguous addition or multiplication of an unbounded number of types [6][8].
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- 1: https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-values/
- 2: https://drafts.csswg.org/css-values-3/
- 3: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Guides/Values_and_units/Using_typed_arithmetic
- 4: https://css-tricks.com/css-typed-arithmetic/
- 5: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Values/calc
- 6: https://www.w3.org/TR/css-typed-om-1/
- 7: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CSS_Typed_OM_API
- 8: https://drafts.css-houdini.org/css-typed-om/
Preserve right-side division under multiplication.
With the default math: parens-division mode, var(--x) remains a runtime Call, so 2px * (var(--x) / 1px) remains an Operation. Line 48 does not parenthesize the right-side division, and genCSS can emit 2px * var(--x) / 1px. CSS then applies different left-associative typed arithmetic. Preserve right-side / and ./ operands under *, and add regression fixtures for both operators.
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In `@packages/less/lib/less/tree/operation.js` at line 48, Update the right-side
parenthesization logic in operation.js so division operands remain parenthesized
when nested under multiplication, including both `/` and `./` operators;
preserve the existing exceptions for `+` and `*`, and add regression fixtures
covering both right-side division operators with runtime var(--x) expressions.
| d: 100% - var(--w); | ||
| e: var(--x) + 2px; | ||
| } | ||
| // A nested operation is left for the browser too, and keeps the grouping its tree |
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In `@packages/test-data/tests-unit/operations-css-vars/operations-css-vars.less`
at line 12, Add an empty line immediately before the nested-operation comment in
operations-css-vars.less to satisfy the
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min(),max()and bare arithmetic that hold a CSSvar()(or another runtime CSS function) currently throwOperation on an invalid typein the default math mode, because Less tries to compute the operation at build time even thoughvar()only resolves in the browser.This keeps the operation intact when an operand is an unresolved CSS function, so the value passes through to CSS - matching how
strictmath already behaves. Concrete numeric operations still evaluate as before.Closes #3777
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min(),max(), and arithmetic expressions containingvar()for evaluation by the browser.