servo / servo/html5ever

Speculative parsing and tokenization

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Description

Similar to servo/servo#1009

The first step is speculative parsing concurrent with scripts, similar to what Gecko does.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing servo/servo#1009 and the linked Gecko HTML parser threading description to understand the proposed approach. The issue names no files, tests, or concrete completion criteria; work would need to define and implement concurrent speculative parsing and tokenization alongside scripts.

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Assessment

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

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