Permutation of 4 is 24, not 16
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Description
Issue:
Permutation of 4 is 24, not 16.
Document link:
https://github.com/less/less-docs/blob/484055f839c15aba1ec660fc1e068984c3dccef6/content/features/parent-selectors.md
Document lines:
& can also be used to generate every possible permutation of selectors in a comma separated list:
p, a, ul, li {
....
}
This expands to all possible (16) combinations of the specified elements:
The above document lines say permutation of 4(p,a,ul,li) is 16 which i think is not correct.
Proposal:
Instead of using the word "permutation", we can use something else. My suggestion would be to frame the sentence to something like
"& can also be used to generate every possible combination of selectors in a comma-separated list:"
and
"This expands to all possible combinations of the specified elements:"
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Research direction
Open content/features/parent-selectors.md at the linked passage and review the wording about permutations of p, a, ul, and li. Replace the inaccurate terminology with the proposed combination wording, then verify that the documented example no longer claims that four selectors produce 16 permutations.
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