Function compileNodes

test/angular/1.6/angular.js:9210–9318

* Compile function matches each node in nodeList against the directives. Once all directives * for a particular node are collected their compile functions are executed. The compile * functions return values - the linking functions - are combined into a composite linking * function, wh

(nodeList, transcludeFn, $rootElement, maxPriority, ignoreDirective,
                            previousCompileContext)

     * @returns {Function} A composite linking function of all of the matched directives or null.
     */
    function compileNodes(nodeList, transcludeFn, $rootElement, maxPriority, ignoreDirective,
                            previousCompileContext) {
      var linkFns = [],
          // `nodeList` can be either an element's `.childNodes` (live NodeList)
          // or a jqLite/jQuery collection or an array
          notLiveList = isArray(nodeList) || (nodeList instanceof jqLite),
          attrs, directives, nodeLinkFn, childNodes, childLinkFn, linkFnFound, nodeLinkFnFound;


      for (var i = 0; i < nodeList.length; i++) {
        attrs = new Attributes();

        // Support: IE 11 only
        // Workaround for #11781 and #14924
        if (msie === 11) {
          mergeConsecutiveTextNodes(nodeList, i, notLiveList);
        }

        // We must always refer to `nodeList[i]` hereafter,
        // since the nodes can be replaced underneath us.
        directives = collectDirectives(nodeList[i], [], attrs, i === 0 ? maxPriority : undefined,
                                        ignoreDirective);

        nodeLinkFn = (directives.length)
            ? applyDirectivesToNode(directives, nodeList[i], attrs, transcludeFn, $rootElement,
                                      null, [], [], previousCompileContext)
            : null;

        if (nodeLinkFn && nodeLinkFn.scope) {
          compile.$$addScopeClass(attrs.$$element);
        }

        childLinkFn = (nodeLinkFn && nodeLinkFn.terminal ||
                      !(childNodes = nodeList[i].childNodes) ||
                      !childNodes.length)
            ? null
            : compileNodes(childNodes,
                 nodeLinkFn ? (
                  (nodeLinkFn.transcludeOnThisElement || !nodeLinkFn.templateOnThisElement)
                     && nodeLinkFn.transclude) : transcludeFn);

        if (nodeLinkFn || childLinkFn) {
          linkFns.push(i, nodeLinkFn, childLinkFn);
          linkFnFound = true;
          nodeLinkFnFound = nodeLinkFnFound || nodeLinkFn;
        }

        //use the previous context only for the first element in the virtual group
        previousCompileContext = null;
      }

      // return a linking function if we have found anything, null otherwise
      return linkFnFound ? compositeLinkFn : null;

      function compositeLinkFn(scope, nodeList, $rootElement, parentBoundTranscludeFn) {
        var nodeLinkFn, childLinkFn, node, childScope, i, ii, idx, childBoundTranscludeFn;
        var stableNodeList;