Re: [csswg-drafts] [selectors] Drop `:target-within`, deprecate `:focus-within` (#8357)

> While in theory we could detect and optimize some very specific cases of `:has()` such as `:has(:target)`, that seems like it would create more confusion around what the performance characteristics of CSS selectors are. There's value in creating a platform that is understandable to the developers that use it -- and this does apply to its performance characteristics.

There is definitely value in creating a platform that is understandable to the developers that use it; however my understanding was that one of the core design principles of CSS these days is that authors should not need to worry about performance at all; if something cannot be implemented performantly, it's not implemented at all. Is this not the case with `:has()`? I thought  the whole reason `:has()` became feasible was that it was shown it could be implemented with reasonable performance. Is this not the case?

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