Why doesn't :extend() compile with gulp-less?

Question

I created an :extend expression following the LESS documentation. But gulp-less doesn't compile it.

What's wrong with these expressions?

html
{
    &:extend(body);
}

body
{
    height: 100%;
}

or

html:extends(body)
{
}

body
{
    height: 100%;
}

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 07 '15 at 20:00

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This could be due to an outdated version of gulp-less

Try run this NPM command:

npm update gulp-less

It will update your package and should include all the latest functionality.

answered Sep 07 '15 at 20:00

Stewartside

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I have updated the latest version of gulp-less and still :extend is not working inside the nested scope but php less compiler takes it into account. – Shashank Bhatt Dec 23 '19 at 05:49

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 08 '15 at 12:06

Unfortunately it has been a typo I gave. It shouldn't have read extends.

Probably that's been the cause for the upper version not working, too. Although I have written it correctly here, I might have misspelled it in my code.

Got that hint from the gulp-less forum on GitHub.

Why doesn't :extend() compile with gulp-less?

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