Intent to Prototype: cachehint attribute of script element

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Explainer
https://github.com/explainers-by-googlers/inline-script-cache-hint

Specification
https://html.spec.whatwg.org

Summary
Allowing Web developers to provide hints to the browser about whether an inline script should be cached. This feature currently works on top of Chrome's inline script caching mechanism ( https://chromestatus.com/feature/5132993816559616?gate=6261752376459264 ). See the explainer of this feature.

Blink component
Blink>HTML>Script

Web Feature ID
script

Motivation
Chrome has some compilation caching layer for inline scripts, which identifies the cache-eligible scripts by heuristics. However, there were no ways for Web developers to tell the browser which scripts are temporary and which are universal among their sites. The new `cachehint` attribute provides a way to do it and helps developers speed up loading of their web sites.

Initial public proposal
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Goals for experimentation
None

Requires code in //chrome?
False

Tracking bug
https://crbug.com/505063237

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Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status
https://chromestatus.com/feature/4891009419968512?gate=6234840262377472

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Emilio Cobos Álvarez

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10:36 AM (11 minutes ago)  10:36 AM
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Seems like this would also be useful for `<style>`, `<link>`, or even
`<img>` elements as well, right?

Cheers,
-- Emilio
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