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Why not use servo project's CSS parser + Selector?

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
web-dev

Research direction

No files or tests are identified. Review simplecss's current parser and selector entry points alongside the proposed rust-cssparser dependency, then determine whether adopting it fits the project's scope. Done would require a maintainer decision on the dependency and a defined implementation plan.

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Description

Hi,

There's a servo project rust-cssparser that implements CSS 3 features.

Why not use that + make a thin selector on top of it?

That would make implementation of new features faster and more stable.


Unless you dont want to add another dependency?

Dominant language
Rust
Stars
46
Forks
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