[whatwg/dom] Allow the creation of null registry element and shadow root (PR #1424)

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As part of the effort to support null custom element registry elements without shadow DOM, we're updating the spec to allow the creation of element and shadowroot to use null as a valid argument and create null registry element and shadowroot.

Fixes #1413 partially. We need another PR to support element attribute for null custom element registry in addition to #1423.


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  https://github.com/whatwg/dom/pull/1424

-- Commit Summary --

  * Allow the creation of null registry element and shadowroot

-- File Changes --

    M dom.bs (32)

-- Patch Links --

https://github.com/whatwg/dom/pull/1424.patch
https://github.com/whatwg/dom/pull/1424.diff

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