Sizzle also uses right-to-left, though I dunno if it makes exceptions when the selector has an #id. Going right-to-left is definitely much more efficient for selectors ala "div div".
Jörn On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Michael Geary <m...@mg.to> wrote: > Steve Souders' talk? He mentioned the same thing at Google I/O, and he was > talking about how CSS engines in browsers - or at least the one in Firefox - > process selectors. > > He wasn't talking about how jQuery (or more specifically Sizzle) processes > selectors. > > If you're curious to know why CSS engines work right-to-left - or which ones > work this way - the CSS mailing list would be a good place to ask. I'm > curious about it too! > > John, does Sizzle work left-to-right or right-to-left? > > -Mike > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 1:38 PM, samer <samerzia...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I was reading over the slides at the conf, and I wanted to ask about >> the right to left for selectors. How is it more efficient to get all >> divs and then find the ID as opposed to get the ID and then get it's >> divs? >> >> scenario: >> >> #id div >> >> Thanks > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to jquery-dev@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to jquery-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
