[csswg-drafts] [css-selectors-4] The column combinator is not a combinator (#9544)

InSyncWithFoo has just created a new issue for https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts:

== [css-selectors-4] The column combinator is not a combinator  ==
According to [the grammar](https://drafts.csswg.org/selectors/#grammar) and its name, it is one:

```ebnf
<combinator> = '>' | '+' | '~' | [ '|' '|' ]
```

Yet [&sect; 3.1. Structure and Terminology](https://drafts.csswg.org/selectors/#structure) says it's not:

> A **_combinator_** is a condition of relationship between two elements represented by the [compound selectors](https://drafts.csswg.org/selectors/#compound) on either side. Combinators in Selectors Level 4 include: the [descendant combinator](https://drafts.csswg.org/selectors/#descendant-combinator) (white space), the [child combinator](https://drafts.csswg.org/selectors/#child-combinator) (U+003E, `>`), the [next-sibling combinator](https://drafts.csswg.org/selectors/#next-sibling-combinator) (U+002B, `+`), and the [subsequent-sibling combinator](https://drafts.csswg.org/selectors/#subsequent-sibling-combinator) (U+007E, `~`).

Am I missing something?

Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/9544 using your GitHub account


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