[csswg-drafts] [css-lists][css-counter-styles] Compute list-style-type to 'decimal' if the specified counter style does not exist

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== [css-lists][css-counter-styles] Compute list-style-type to 'decimal' if the specified counter style does not exist ==
**[On May 8 2016, Xidorn Quan said:](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2016May/0076.html)**
> Hi,
>
> Recently, there is a behavior change in Gecko which makes
> list-style-type be computed to 'decimal' when the specified counter
> style doesn't exist, rather than keeping the specified nonexistent one.
> This change helps us save a string for common cases, and simplify some
> code. None of which is a big deal, though.
>
> I'm not completely sure what does the spec say for this case. It seems
> to me the old behavior is more conformant, but I guess the new behavior
> might be perferable, since it makes the computed value match the used
> value. So I propose changing the spec to this behavior.
>
> What do you think?

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