Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-syntax-3] The `+` in `<an+b>` confuses parsing tools (#9473)

While I don't have a strong opinion on what we use, I don't think a-n-plus-b is particularly bad - it's exactly how we *pronounce* the construct already (like, we say "nth-child starts with an 'A N plus B' argument"). It's also not too long; if anything, it's on the shorter side character-wise. I think it's just striking you because, tho short, it's still *four words*, and one of them is us spelling out a character.

I think we should stick with the resolution. It's how we all pronounce `An+B` when actually talking about it, and it's always convenient when the production is the same term as the actual definition.

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