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Provide source spans for tokens and DOM nodes

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Description

We can use something like libsyntax's Span and Spanned types to track positions in the input stream.

The tokenizer will remember its current position and the position at certain events, e.g. start tag, start attribute name. The tree builder will call a tree sink method (with an empty default) to annotate the DOM with span information.

Then we can write a command-line HTML validator with the same output UI as rustc :)

Note that eventually it will be possible for a single document's nodes to come from multiple text sources, e.g. with document.write.

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Research direction

Start by reading the tokenizer and tree builder interfaces described in the issue, focusing on how positions and tree-sink callbacks are currently represented. Determine the span information required for tokens and DOM nodes, then verify that the resulting annotations support the proposed command-line validator output.

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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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