RE: Selector Syntax Survey - subject indicator vs :has()

I have not had the frequent occasion to use the :has() from jQuery.
But in terms of readability it definitely is preferential to me as well.

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From: Sebastian Zartner [mailto:sebastianzartner@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 3:23 PM
To: Tab Atkins Jr.
Cc: Daniel Glazman; www-style list
Subject: Re: Selector Syntax Survey - subject indicator vs :has()

On 12 February 2014 19:34, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com<mailto:jackalmage@gmail.com>> wrote:
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com<mailto:jackalmage@gmail.com>> wrote:
> (I'm reading through the additional comments now.  I'll let y'all know
> if I find anything interesting.)
You can read through the comments yourself if you'd like:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmRB4Bq4bNRBdHdCcDJJZWxEaEhLU20yOGo1ZVBvT2c&usp=sharing


I didn't find anything too surprising in here.  Lots of people made
the same arguments that we'd brought up before, so I'm happy that we
apparently hit all the major points in our own arguments.

Lots of people liked !^ because it was shorter, and several people
noted that it allowed selecting multiple subjects, one of the main
distinctions that it has over :has().  (You have to write multiple
selectors to get the same behavior with :has().)

An *extremely* common argument people made for :has() is that it's
easier to read and understand than an ASCII glyph is.  It's good to
note that the community feels this way - this means we're on the right
track with named combinators, too.

Lots of people liked the jQuery precedent of :has(), too.

Funny how many people refer to ! being a negator in other languages. Even if I daily program in languages using ! as negator, I'd not automatically conclude that the exclamation mark would have the same meaning inside a CSS selector. Also I'd like to know how the results would have been if jQuery didn't have :has().
Anyway, the results seem to be pretty clear on this.
Sebastian
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