Always assume implicit tags are present about dropcss HOT 4 CLOSED

hey @clarfon

one thing that i'd like to retain for dropcss is its straightforward nature: if it is not literally in the html string, then it's getting chopped. as you mentioned, shouldDrop easily solves this case. the overwhelming majority of html out there does not rely on implicit tag insertion, and the tiny byte savings are never worth it.

in addition to implicit body, there is also implicit tbody [1], which is actually the much more common case. nevertheless i'd like to keep the magic minimal as long as a userland solution is simple and obvious (or documented).

[1] https://codepen.io/anon/pen/ZgzEdv

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Note: as a workaround, you can modify the shouldDrop option to include a whitelist of rules. This is a bit of extra work unless you're already using a whitelist, though.

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That is very fair; I don't think it'd be reasonable to ask for this change unless someone came out there with the code or a compelling use case.

Feel free to close as wontfix if you think this would never happen.

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i'm going to leave everything explicit. i've added a note about this to the intro. thanks!

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