CSS selector when :target empty

Sigh. I feel like I'm resurrecting a dead topic, but it needs a real answer.

It's possible to do this with CSS alone, just by using :last-child and a general sibling combinator, in the form of :target ~ :last-child:

.pages > .page:target ~ .page:last-child,
.pages > .page {
    display: none;
}

/* :last-child works, but .page:last-child will not */
.pages > :last-child,
.pages > .page:target {
    display: block;
}

The rules applies in the following steps:

1. hide all pages
2. show both targeted page and the last page
3. if a page is targeted, hide the last page (.page:target ~ .page:last-child)

(live example)

Edit: Apparently this is very similar to the accepted answer in an older, previously mentioned, related post.

There is a great answer for this over at default-target-with-css

It revolves around this trick that seems to have problems in iOS. It's been fixed in Safari, so maybe it'll be in iOS 5?