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+-- | Module used for CSS compression. The compression is currently in a simple
+-- state, but would typically reduce the number of bytes by about 25%.
+--
+module Text.Hakyll.Internal.CompressCss
+    ( compressCss
+    ) where
+
+import Data.Char (isSpace)
+import Data.Maybe (listToMaybe)
+import Data.List (isPrefixOf)
+import Text.Regex.Posix ((=~~))
+
+-- | A simple (but inefficient) regex replace funcion
+--
+replaceAll :: String              -- ^ Pattern
+           -> (String -> String)  -- ^ Replacement (called on capture)
+           -> String              -- ^ Source string
+           -> String              -- ^ Result
+replaceAll pattern f source =
+    case listToMaybe (source =~~ pattern) of
+        Nothing     -> source
+        Just (o, l) ->
+            let (before, tmp) = splitAt o source
+                (capture, after) = splitAt l tmp
+            in before ++ f capture ++ replaceAll pattern f after
+
+-- | Compress CSS to speed up your site.
+--
+compressCss :: String -> String
+compressCss = compressSeparators
+            . stripComments
+            . compressWhitespace
+
+-- | Compresses certain forms of separators.
+--
+compressSeparators :: String -> String
+compressSeparators = replaceAll "; *}" (const "}")
+                   . replaceAll " *([{};:]) *" (take 1 . dropWhile isSpace)
+                   . replaceAll ";;*" (const ";")
+
+-- | Compresses all whitespace.
+--
+compressWhitespace :: String -> String
+compressWhitespace = replaceAll "[ \t\n][ \t\n]*" (const " ")
+
+-- | Function that strips CSS comments away.
+--
+stripComments :: String -> String
+stripComments [] = []
+stripComments str
+    | isPrefixOf "/*" str = stripComments $ eatComments $ drop 2 str
+    | otherwise = head str : stripComments (drop 1 str)
+  where
+    eatComments str' | null str' = []
+                     | isPrefixOf "*/" str' = drop 2 str'
+                     | otherwise = eatComments $ drop 1 str'