xass 0.1.0

data/lib/sass/selector/sequence.rb

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+module Sass
+  module Selector
+    # An operator-separated sequence of
+    # {SimpleSequence simple selector sequences}.
+    class Sequence < AbstractSequence
+      # Sets the line of the Sass template on which this selector was declared.
+      # This also sets the line for all child selectors.
+      #
+      # @param line [Fixnum]
+      # @return [Fixnum]
+      def line=(line)
+        members.each {|m| m.line = line if m.is_a?(SimpleSequence)}
+        line
+      end
+
+      # Sets the name of the file in which this selector was declared,
+      # or `nil` if it was not declared in a file (e.g. on stdin).
+      # This also sets the filename for all child selectors.
+      #
+      # @param filename [String, nil]
+      # @return [String, nil]
+      def filename=(filename)
+        members.each {|m| m.filename = filename if m.is_a?(SimpleSequence)}
+        filename
+      end
+
+      # The array of {SimpleSequence simple selector sequences}, operators, and
+      # newlines. The operators are strings such as `"+"` and `">"` representing
+      # the corresponding CSS operators, or interpolated SassScript. Newlines
+      # are also newline strings; these aren't semantically relevant, but they
+      # do affect formatting.
+      #
+      # @return [Array<SimpleSequence, String|Array<Sass::Tree::Node, String>>]
+      attr_reader :members
+
+      # @param seqs_and_ops [Array<SimpleSequence, String|Array<Sass::Tree::Node, String>>] See \{#members}
+      def initialize(seqs_and_ops)
+        @members = seqs_and_ops
+      end
+
+      # Resolves the {Parent} selectors within this selector
+      # by replacing them with the given parent selector,
+      # handling commas appropriately.
+      #
+      # @param super_seq [Sequence] The parent selector sequence
+      # @return [Sequence] This selector, with parent references resolved
+      # @raise [Sass::SyntaxError] If a parent selector is invalid
+      def resolve_parent_refs(super_seq)
+        members = @members.dup
+        nl = (members.first == "\n" && members.shift)
+        unless members.any? do |seq_or_op|
+            seq_or_op.is_a?(SimpleSequence) && seq_or_op.members.first.is_a?(Parent)
+          end
+          old_members, members = members, []
+          members << nl if nl
+          members << SimpleSequence.new([Parent.new], false)
+          members += old_members
+        end
+
+        Sequence.new(
+          members.map do |seq_or_op|
+            next seq_or_op unless seq_or_op.is_a?(SimpleSequence)
+            seq_or_op.resolve_parent_refs(super_seq)
+          end.flatten)
+      end
+
+      # Non-destructively extends this selector with the extensions specified in a hash
+      # (which should come from {Sass::Tree::Visitors::Cssize}).
+      #
+      # @overload def do_extend(extends, parent_directives)
+      # @param extends [Sass::Util::SubsetMap{Selector::Simple =>
+      #                                       Sass::Tree::Visitors::Cssize::Extend}]
+      #   The extensions to perform on this selector
+      # @param parent_directives [Array<Sass::Tree::DirectiveNode>]
+      #   The directives containing this selector.
+      # @return [Array<Sequence>] A list of selectors generated
+      #   by extending this selector with `extends`.
+      #   These correspond to a {CommaSequence}'s {CommaSequence#members members array}.
+      # @see CommaSequence#do_extend
+      def do_extend(extends, parent_directives, seen = Set.new)
+        extended_not_expanded = members.map do |sseq_or_op|
+          next [[sseq_or_op]] unless sseq_or_op.is_a?(SimpleSequence)
+          extended = sseq_or_op.do_extend(extends, parent_directives, seen)
+          choices = extended.map {|seq| seq.members}
+          choices.unshift([sseq_or_op]) unless extended.any? {|seq| seq.superselector?(sseq_or_op)}
+          choices
+        end
+        weaves = Sass::Util.paths(extended_not_expanded).map {|path| weave(path)}
+        Sass::Util.flatten(trim(weaves), 1).map {|p| Sequence.new(p)}
+      end
+
+      # Returns whether or not this selector matches all elements
+      # that the given selector matches (as well as possibly more).
+      #
+      # @example
+      #   (.foo).superselector?(.foo.bar) #=> true
+      #   (.foo).superselector?(.bar) #=> false
+      #   (.bar .foo).superselector?(.foo) #=> false
+      # @param sseq [SimpleSequence]
+      # @return [Boolean]
+      def superselector?(sseq)
+        return false unless members.size == 1
+        members.last.superselector?(sseq)
+      end
+
+      # @see Simple#to_a
+      def to_a
+        ary = @members.map {|seq_or_op| seq_or_op.is_a?(SimpleSequence) ? seq_or_op.to_a : seq_or_op}
+        Sass::Util.intersperse(ary, " ").flatten.compact
+      end
+
+      # Returns a string representation of the sequence.
+      # This is basically the selector string.
+      #
+      # @return [String]
+      def inspect
+        members.map {|m| m.inspect}.join(" ")
+      end
+
+      # Add to the {SimpleSequence#sources} sets of the child simple sequences.
+      # This destructively modifies this sequence's members array, but not the
+      # child simple sequences.
+      #
+      # @param sources [Set<Sequence>]
+      def add_sources!(sources)
+        members.map! {|m| m.is_a?(SimpleSequence) ? m.with_more_sources(sources) : m}
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      # Conceptually, this expands "parenthesized selectors".
+      # That is, if we have `.A .B {@extend .C}` and `.D .C {...}`,
+      # this conceptually expands into `.D .C, .D (.A .B)`,
+      # and this function translates `.D (.A .B)` into `.D .A .B, .A.D .B, .D .A .B`.
+      #
+      # @param path [Array<Array<SimpleSequence or String>>] A list of parenthesized selector groups.
+      # @return [Array<Array<SimpleSequence or String>>] A list of fully-expanded selectors.
+      def weave(path)
+        # This function works by moving through the selector path left-to-right,
+        # building all possible prefixes simultaneously. These prefixes are
+        # `befores`, while the remaining parenthesized suffixes is `afters`.
+        befores = [[]]
+        afters = path.dup
+
+        until afters.empty?
+          current = afters.shift.dup
+          last_current = [current.pop]
+          befores = Sass::Util.flatten(befores.map do |before|
+              next [] unless sub = subweave(before, current)
+              sub.map {|seqs| seqs + last_current}
+            end, 1)
+        end
+        return befores
+      end
+
+      # This interweaves two lists of selectors,
+      # returning all possible orderings of them (including using unification)
+      # that maintain the relative ordering of the input arrays.
+      #
+      # For example, given `.foo .bar` and `.baz .bang`,
+      # this would return `.foo .bar .baz .bang`, `.foo .bar.baz .bang`,
+      # `.foo .baz .bar .bang`, `.foo .baz .bar.bang`, `.foo .baz .bang .bar`,
+      # and so on until `.baz .bang .foo .bar`.
+      #
+      # Semantically, for selectors A and B, this returns all selectors `AB_i`
+      # such that the union over all i of elements matched by `AB_i X` is
+      # identical to the intersection of all elements matched by `A X` and all
+      # elements matched by `B X`. Some `AB_i` are elided to reduce the size of
+      # the output.
+      #
+      # @param seq1 [Array<SimpleSequence or String>]
+      # @param seq2 [Array<SimpleSequence or String>]
+      # @return [Array<Array<SimpleSequence or String>>]
+      def subweave(seq1, seq2)
+        return [seq2] if seq1.empty?
+        return [seq1] if seq2.empty?
+
+        seq1, seq2 = seq1.dup, seq2.dup
+        return unless init = merge_initial_ops(seq1, seq2)
+        return unless fin = merge_final_ops(seq1, seq2)
+        seq1 = group_selectors(seq1)
+        seq2 = group_selectors(seq2)
+        lcs = Sass::Util.lcs(seq2, seq1) do |s1, s2|
+          next s1 if s1 == s2
+          next unless s1.first.is_a?(SimpleSequence) && s2.first.is_a?(SimpleSequence)
+          next s2 if parent_superselector?(s1, s2)
+          next s1 if parent_superselector?(s2, s1)
+        end
+
+        diff = [[init]]
+        until lcs.empty?
+          diff << chunks(seq1, seq2) {|s| parent_superselector?(s.first, lcs.first)} << [lcs.shift]
+          seq1.shift
+          seq2.shift
+        end
+        diff << chunks(seq1, seq2) {|s| s.empty?}
+        diff += fin.map {|sel| sel.is_a?(Array) ? sel : [sel]}
+        diff.reject! {|c| c.empty?}
+
+        Sass::Util.paths(diff).map {|p| p.flatten}.reject {|p| path_has_two_subjects?(p)}
+      end
+
+      # Extracts initial selector combinators (`"+"`, `">"`, `"~"`, and `"\n"`)
+      # from two sequences and merges them together into a single array of
+      # selector combinators.
+      #
+      # @param seq1 [Array<SimpleSequence or String>]
+      # @param seq2 [Array<SimpleSequence or String>]
+      # @return [Array<String>, nil] If there are no operators in the merged
+      #   sequence, this will be the empty array. If the operators cannot be
+      #   merged, this will be nil.
+      def merge_initial_ops(seq1, seq2)
+        ops1, ops2 = [], []
+        ops1 << seq1.shift while seq1.first.is_a?(String)
+        ops2 << seq2.shift while seq2.first.is_a?(String)
+
+        newline = false
+        newline ||= !!ops1.shift if ops1.first == "\n"
+        newline ||= !!ops2.shift if ops2.first == "\n"
+
+        # If neither sequence is a subsequence of the other, they cannot be
+        # merged successfully
+        lcs = Sass::Util.lcs(ops1, ops2)
+        return unless lcs == ops1 || lcs == ops2
+        return (newline ? ["\n"] : []) + (ops1.size > ops2.size ? ops1 : ops2)
+      end
+
+      # Extracts final selector combinators (`"+"`, `">"`, `"~"`) and the
+      # selectors to which they apply from two sequences and merges them
+      # together into a single array.
+      #
+      # @param seq1 [Array<SimpleSequence or String>]
+      # @param seq2 [Array<SimpleSequence or String>]
+      # @return [Array<SimpleSequence or String or
+      #     Array<Array<SimpleSequence or String>>]
+      #   If there are no trailing combinators to be merged, this will be the
+      #   empty array. If the trailing combinators cannot be merged, this will
+      #   be nil. Otherwise, this will contained the merged selector. Array
+      #   elements are [Sass::Util#paths]-style options; conceptually, an "or"
+      #   of multiple selectors.
+      def merge_final_ops(seq1, seq2, res = [])
+        ops1, ops2 = [], []
+        ops1 << seq1.pop while seq1.last.is_a?(String)
+        ops2 << seq2.pop while seq2.last.is_a?(String)
+
+        # Not worth the headache of trying to preserve newlines here. The most
+        # important use of newlines is at the beginning of the selector to wrap
+        # across lines anyway.
+        ops1.reject! {|o| o == "\n"}
+        ops2.reject! {|o| o == "\n"}
+
+        return res if ops1.empty? && ops2.empty?
+        if ops1.size > 1 || ops2.size > 1
+          # If there are multiple operators, something hacky's going on. If one
+          # is a supersequence of the other, use that, otherwise give up.
+          lcs = Sass::Util.lcs(ops1, ops2)
+          return unless lcs == ops1 || lcs == ops2
+          res.unshift(*(ops1.size > ops2.size ? ops1 : ops2).reverse)
+          return res
+        end
+
+        # This code looks complicated, but it's actually just a bunch of special
+        # cases for interactions between different combinators.
+        op1, op2 = ops1.first, ops2.first
+        if op1 && op2
+          sel1 = seq1.pop
+          sel2 = seq2.pop
+          if op1 == '~' && op2 == '~'
+            if sel1.superselector?(sel2)
+              res.unshift sel2, '~'
+            elsif sel2.superselector?(sel1)
+              res.unshift sel1, '~'
+            else
+              merged = sel1.unify(sel2.members, sel2.subject?)
+              res.unshift [
+                [sel1, '~', sel2, '~'],
+                [sel2, '~', sel1, '~'],
+                ([merged, '~'] if merged)
+              ].compact
+            end
+          elsif (op1 == '~' && op2 == '+') || (op1 == '+' && op2 == '~')
+            if op1 == '~'
+              tilde_sel, plus_sel = sel1, sel2
+            else
+              tilde_sel, plus_sel = sel2, sel1
+            end
+
+            if tilde_sel.superselector?(plus_sel)
+              res.unshift plus_sel, '+'
+            else
+              merged = plus_sel.unify(tilde_sel.members, tilde_sel.subject?)
+              res.unshift [
+                [tilde_sel, '~', plus_sel, '+'],
+                ([merged, '+'] if merged)
+              ].compact
+            end
+          elsif op1 == '>' && %w[~ +].include?(op2)
+            res.unshift sel2, op2
+            seq1.push sel1, op1
+          elsif op2 == '>' && %w[~ +].include?(op1)
+            res.unshift sel1, op1
+            seq2.push sel2, op2
+          elsif op1 == op2
+            return unless merged = sel1.unify(sel2.members, sel2.subject?)
+            res.unshift merged, op1
+          else
+            # Unknown selector combinators can't be unified
+            return
+          end
+          return merge_final_ops(seq1, seq2, res)
+        elsif op1
+          seq2.pop if op1 == '>' && seq2.last && seq2.last.superselector?(seq1.last)
+          res.unshift seq1.pop, op1
+          return merge_final_ops(seq1, seq2, res)
+        else # op2
+          seq1.pop if op2 == '>' && seq1.last && seq1.last.superselector?(seq2.last)
+          res.unshift seq2.pop, op2
+          return merge_final_ops(seq1, seq2, res)
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Takes initial subsequences of `seq1` and `seq2` and returns all
+      # orderings of those subsequences. The initial subsequences are determined
+      # by a block.
+      #
+      # Destructively removes the initial subsequences of `seq1` and `seq2`.
+      #
+      # For example, given `(A B C | D E)` and `(1 2 | 3 4 5)` (with `|`
+      # denoting the boundary of the initial subsequence), this would return
+      # `[(A B C 1 2), (1 2 A B C)]`. The sequences would then be `(D E)` and
+      # `(3 4 5)`.
+      #
+      # @param seq1 [Array]
+      # @param seq2 [Array]
+      # @yield [a] Used to determine when to cut off the initial subsequences.
+      #   Called repeatedly for each sequence until it returns true.
+      # @yieldparam a [Array] A final subsequence of one input sequence after
+      #   cutting off some initial subsequence.
+      # @yieldreturn [Boolean] Whether or not to cut off the initial subsequence
+      #   here.
+      # @return [Array<Array>] All possible orderings of the initial subsequences.
+      def chunks(seq1, seq2)
+        chunk1 = []
+        chunk1 << seq1.shift until yield seq1
+        chunk2 = []
+        chunk2 << seq2.shift until yield seq2
+        return [] if chunk1.empty? && chunk2.empty?
+        return [chunk2] if chunk1.empty?
+        return [chunk1] if chunk2.empty?
+        [chunk1 + chunk2, chunk2 + chunk1]
+      end
+
+      # Groups a sequence into subsequences. The subsequences are determined by
+      # strings; adjacent non-string elements will be put into separate groups,
+      # but any element adjacent to a string will be grouped with that string.
+      #
+      # For example, `(A B "C" D E "F" G "H" "I" J)` will become `[(A) (B "C" D)
+      # (E "F" G "H" "I" J)]`.
+      #
+      # @param seq [Array]
+      # @return [Array<Array>]
+      def group_selectors(seq)
+        newseq = []
+        tail = seq.dup
+        until tail.empty?
+          head = []
+          begin
+            head << tail.shift
+          end while !tail.empty? && head.last.is_a?(String) || tail.first.is_a?(String)
+          newseq << head
+        end
+        return newseq
+      end
+
+      # Given two selector sequences, returns whether `seq1` is a
+      # superselector of `seq2`; that is, whether `seq1` matches every
+      # element `seq2` matches.
+      #
+      # @param seq1 [Array<SimpleSequence or String>]
+      # @param seq2 [Array<SimpleSequence or String>]
+      # @return [Boolean]
+      def _superselector?(seq1, seq2)
+        seq1 = seq1.reject {|e| e == "\n"}
+        seq2 = seq2.reject {|e| e == "\n"}
+        # Selectors with leading or trailing operators are neither
+        # superselectors nor subselectors.
+        return if seq1.last.is_a?(String) || seq2.last.is_a?(String) ||
+          seq1.first.is_a?(String) || seq2.first.is_a?(String)
+        # More complex selectors are never superselectors of less complex ones
+        return if seq1.size > seq2.size
+        return seq1.first.superselector?(seq2.last) if seq1.size == 1
+
+        _, si = Sass::Util.enum_with_index(seq2).find do |e, i|
+          return if i == seq2.size - 1
+          next if e.is_a?(String)
+          seq1.first.superselector?(e)
+        end
+        return unless si
+
+        if seq1[1].is_a?(String)
+          return unless seq2[si+1].is_a?(String)
+          # .foo ~ .bar is a superselector of .foo + .bar
+          return unless seq1[1] == "~" ? seq2[si+1] != ">" : seq1[1] == seq2[si+1]
+          return _superselector?(seq1[2..-1], seq2[si+2..-1])
+        elsif seq2[si+1].is_a?(String)
+          return unless seq2[si+1] == ">"
+          return _superselector?(seq1[1..-1], seq2[si+2..-1])
+        else
+          return _superselector?(seq1[1..-1], seq2[si+1..-1])
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Like \{#_superselector?}, but compares the selectors in the
+      # context of parent selectors, as though they shared an implicit
+      # base simple selector. For example, `B` is not normally a
+      # superselector of `B A`, since it doesn't match `A` elements.
+      # However, it is a parent superselector, since `B X` is a
+      # superselector of `B A X`.
+      #
+      # @param seq1 [Array<SimpleSequence or String>]
+      # @param seq2 [Array<SimpleSequence or String>]
+      # @return [Boolean]
+      def parent_superselector?(seq1, seq2)
+        base = Sass::Selector::SimpleSequence.new([Sass::Selector::Placeholder.new('<temp>')], false)
+        _superselector?(seq1 + [base], seq2 + [base])
+      end
+
+      # Removes redundant selectors from between multiple lists of
+      # selectors. This takes a list of lists of selector sequences;
+      # each individual list is assumed to have no redundancy within
+      # itself. A selector is only removed if it's redundant with a
+      # selector in another list.
+      #
+      # "Redundant" here means that one selector is a superselector of
+      # the other. The more specific selector is removed.
+      #
+      # @param seqses [Array<Array<Array<SimpleSequence or String>>>]
+      # @return [Array<Array<Array<SimpleSequence or String>>>]
+      def trim(seqses)
+        # Avoid truly horrific quadratic behavior. TODO: I think there
+        # may be a way to get perfect trimming without going quadratic.
+        return seqses if seqses.size > 100
+
+        # Keep the results in a separate array so we can be sure we aren't
+        # comparing against an already-trimmed selector. This ensures that two
+        # identical selectors don't mutually trim one another.
+        result = seqses.dup
+
+        # This is n^2 on the sequences, but only comparing between
+        # separate sequences should limit the quadratic behavior.
+        seqses.each_with_index do |seqs1, i|
+          result[i] = seqs1.reject do |seq1|
+            max_spec = _sources(seq1).map {|seq| seq.specificity}.max || 0
+            result.any? do |seqs2|
+              next if seqs1.equal?(seqs2)
+              # Second Law of Extend: the specificity of a generated selector
+              # should never be less than the specificity of the extending
+              # selector.
+              #
+              # See https://github.com/nex3/sass/issues/324.
+              seqs2.any? {|seq2| _specificity(seq2) >= max_spec && _superselector?(seq2, seq1)}
+            end
+          end
+        end
+        result
+      end
+
+      def _hash
+        members.reject {|m| m == "\n"}.hash
+      end
+
+      def _eql?(other)
+        other.members.reject {|m| m == "\n"}.eql?(self.members.reject {|m| m == "\n"})
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def path_has_two_subjects?(path)
+        subject = false
+        path.each do |sseq_or_op|
+          next unless sseq_or_op.is_a?(SimpleSequence)
+          next unless sseq_or_op.subject?
+          return true if subject
+          subject = true
+        end
+        false
+      end
+
+      def _sources(seq)
+        s = Set.new
+        seq.map {|sseq_or_op| s.merge sseq_or_op.sources if sseq_or_op.is_a?(SimpleSequence)}
+        s
+      end
+
+      def extended_not_expanded_to_s(extended_not_expanded)
+        extended_not_expanded.map do |choices|
+          choices = choices.map do |sel|
+            next sel.first.to_s if sel.size == 1
+            "#{sel.join ' '}"
+          end
+          next choices.first if choices.size == 1 && !choices.include?(' ')
+          "(#{choices.join ', '})"
+        end.join ' '
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/sass/selector/simple.rb

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+module Sass
+  module Selector
+    # The abstract superclass for simple selectors
+    # (that is, those that don't compose multiple selectors).
+    class Simple
+      # The line of the Sass template on which this selector was declared.
+      #
+      # @return [Fixnum]
+      attr_accessor :line
+
+      # The name of the file in which this selector was declared,
+      # or `nil` if it was not declared in a file (e.g. on stdin).
+      #
+      # @return [String, nil]
+      attr_accessor :filename
+
+      # Returns a representation of the node
+      # as an array of strings and potentially {Sass::Script::Node}s
+      # (if there's interpolation in the selector).
+      # When the interpolation is resolved and the strings are joined together,
+      # this will be the string representation of this node.
+      #
+      # @return [Array<String, Sass::Script::Node>]
+      def to_a
+        Sass::Util.abstract(self)
+      end
+
+      # Returns a string representation of the node.
+      # This is basically the selector string.
+      #
+      # @return [String]
+      def inspect
+        to_a.map {|e| e.is_a?(Sass::Script::Node) ? "\#{#{e.to_sass}}" : e}.join
+      end
+
+      # @see \{#inspect}
+      # @return [String]
+      def to_s
+        inspect
+      end
+
+      # Returns a hash code for this selector object.
+      #
+      # By default, this is based on the value of \{#to\_a},
+      # so if that contains information irrelevant to the identity of the selector,
+      # this should be overridden.
+      #
+      # @return [Fixnum]
+      def hash
+        @_hash ||= to_a.hash
+      end
+
+      # Checks equality between this and another object.
+      #
+      # By default, this is based on the value of \{#to\_a},
+      # so if that contains information irrelevant to the identity of the selector,
+      # this should be overridden.
+      #
+      # @param other [Object] The object to test equality against
+      # @return [Boolean] Whether or not this is equal to `other`
+      def eql?(other)
+        other.class == self.class && other.hash == self.hash && other.to_a.eql?(to_a)
+      end
+      alias_method :==, :eql?
+
+      # Unifies this selector with a {SimpleSequence}'s {SimpleSequence#members members array},
+      # returning another `SimpleSequence` members array
+      # that matches both this selector and the input selector.
+      #
+      # By default, this just appends this selector to the end of the array
+      # (or returns the original array if this selector already exists in it).
+      #
+      # @param sels [Array<Simple>] A {SimpleSequence}'s {SimpleSequence#members members array}
+      # @return [Array<Simple>, nil] A {SimpleSequence} {SimpleSequence#members members array}
+      #   matching both `sels` and this selector,
+      #   or `nil` if this is impossible (e.g. unifying `#foo` and `#bar`)
+      # @raise [Sass::SyntaxError] If this selector cannot be unified.
+      #   This will only ever occur when a dynamic selector,
+      #   such as {Parent} or {Interpolation}, is used in unification.
+      #   Since these selectors should be resolved
+      #   by the time extension and unification happen,
+      #   this exception will only ever be raised as a result of programmer error
+      def unify(sels)
+        return sels if sels.any? {|sel2| eql?(sel2)}
+        sels_with_ix = Sass::Util.enum_with_index(sels)
+        _, i =
+          if self.is_a?(Pseudo) || self.is_a?(SelectorPseudoClass)
+            sels_with_ix.find {|sel, _| sel.is_a?(Pseudo) && (sels.last.type == :element)}
+          else
+            sels_with_ix.find {|sel, _| sel.is_a?(Pseudo) || sel.is_a?(SelectorPseudoClass)}
+          end
+        return sels + [self] unless i
+        return sels[0...i] + [self] + sels[i..-1]
+      end
+
+      protected
+
+      # Unifies two namespaces,
+      # returning a namespace that works for both of them if possible.
+      #
+      # @param ns1 [String, nil] The first namespace.
+      #   `nil` means none specified, e.g. `foo`.
+      #   The empty string means no namespace specified, e.g. `|foo`.
+      #   `"*"` means any namespace is allowed, e.g. `*|foo`.
+      # @param ns2 [String, nil] The second namespace. See `ns1`.
+      # @return [Array(String or nil, Boolean)]
+      #   The first value is the unified namespace, or `nil` for no namespace.
+      #   The second value is whether or not a namespace that works for both inputs
+      #   could be found at all.
+      #   If the second value is `false`, the first should be ignored.
+      def unify_namespaces(ns1, ns2)
+        return nil, false unless ns1 == ns2 || ns1.nil? || ns1 == ['*'] || ns2.nil? || ns2 == ['*']
+        return ns2, true if ns1 == ['*']
+        return ns1, true if ns2 == ['*']
+        return ns1 || ns2, true
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end