[css-values] Computed value of a negative calc unit that doesn't allow negative lengths. · Issue #434 · w3c/csswg-drafts (original) (raw)

In the CSS values spec, section 8.1.4. Range Checking:

However, the used value resulting from an expression must be clamped to the range allowed in the target context.

Note that the used value is expected to be clamped, but not the computed value. Both Blink and Firefox (at least, probably other engines too) clamp the value at computed value time, as can be seen running the following test, where all the properties that don't accept negative lengths (like font-size, padding-xxx, etc.) report a computed value of 0px instead of the expected -1px.