Mojo::DOM - XPath - Question

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Why did the Mojo::DOM developers create their own Selectors and not use the XPath syntax?

Looks like they opted for CSS ("All CSS3 selectors that make sense for a standalone parser are supported.") over XPath. — mu is too short, Jul 16 '11 at 06:12

Ashley · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-16T06:53:25.343

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They didn’t exactly. CSS syntax is much more natural to a lot of web developers and, despite xpath’s power, CSS is a better impedance match for HTML DOM. It’s one of the reasons jQuery has done so well for example.

edited Jul 16 '11 at 06:53

answered Jul 16 '11 at 06:11

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