Selectedcontent post-connection steps define unused “ancestor” variable

[F3n67u]

What is the issue with the HTML Standard?

In the selectedcontent HTML element post-connection steps, the algorithm currently reads:

The selectedcontent HTML element post-connection steps, given selectedcontent, are:

1. Let nearestSelectAncestor be null.
2. Let ancestor be selectedcontent’s parent.
3. Set selectedcontent’s disabled state to false.
4. For each of selectedcontent’s ancestors, in reverse tree order:
   1. If ancestor is a select element:
      1. If nearestSelectAncestor is null, then set nearestSelectAncestor to select.
      2. Otherwise, set selectedcontent's disabled state to true.
   2. If ancestor is an option element or a selectedcontent element, then set selectedcontent's disabled state to true.

Step 2 is a dead step: the ancestor variable is never used because step 4 walks the ancestor chain directly. Suggest removing step 2 to eliminate the unused step.

Spec section: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/form-elements.html#the-selectedcontent-element

[annevk]

Thanks, this is tracked in #11878. Still waiting on some input from @josepharhar.