revert: refactor($compile): automatically append end comment nodes to all element-transclusion templates

This reverts commit 0d608d041f.

The commits caused more breaking changes at Google than initially expected and since its
benefit is small, so it's not worth keeping.

src/ng/compile.js

@@ -1305,9 +1305,6 @@ function $CompileProvider($provide, $$sanitizeUriProvider) {
             compileNode = $compileNode[0];
             replaceWith(jqCollection, sliceArgs($template), compileNode);
 
-            $template[$template.length++] = document.createComment(' end ' + directiveName + ': ' +
-                templateAttrs[directiveName] + ' ');
-
             childTranscludeFn = compile($template, transcludeFn, terminalPriority,
                                         replaceDirective && replaceDirective.name, {
                                           // Don't pass in:

src/ng/directive/ngIf.js

@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ var ngIfDirective = ['$animate', function($animate) {
             if (!childScope) {
               $transclude(function (clone, newScope) {
                 childScope = newScope;
+                clone[clone.length++] = document.createComment(' end ngIf: ' + $attr.ngIf + ' ');
                 // Note: We only need the first/last node of the cloned nodes.
                 // However, we need to keep the reference to the jqlite wrapper as it might be changed later
                 // by a directive with templateUrl when its template arrives.

src/ng/directive/ngRepeat.js

@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ var ngRepeatDirective = ['$parse', '$animate', function($parse, $animate) {
     $$tlb: true,
     compile: function ngRepeatCompile($element, $attr) {
       var expression = $attr.ngRepeat;
+      var ngRepeatEndComment = document.createComment(' end ngRepeat: ' + expression + ' ');
+
       var match = expression.match(/^\s*([\s\S]+?)\s+in\s+([\s\S]+?)(?:\s+as\s+([\s\S]+?))?(?:\s+track\s+by\s+([\s\S]+?))?\s*$/);
 
       if (!match) {
@@ -407,8 +409,11 @@ var ngRepeatDirective = ['$parse', '$animate', function($parse, $animate) {
               // new item which we don't know about
               $transclude(function ngRepeatTransclude(clone, scope) {
                 block.scope = scope;
+                // http://jsperf.com/clone-vs-createcomment
+                var endNode = ngRepeatEndComment.cloneNode();
+                clone[clone.length++] = endNode;
                 $animate.enter(clone, null, jqLite(previousNode));
-                previousNode = clone[clone.length - 1];
+                previousNode = endNode;
                 // Note: We only need the first/last node of the cloned nodes.
                 // However, we need to keep the reference to the jqlite wrapper as it might be changed later
                 // by a directive with templateUrl when its template arrives.

src/ng/directive/ngSwitch.js

@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ var ngSwitchDirective = ['$animate', function($animate) {
             selectedTransclude.transclude(function(caseElement, selectedScope) {
               selectedScopes.push(selectedScope);
               var anchor = selectedTransclude.element;
+              caseElement[caseElement.length++] = document.createComment(' end ngSwitchWhen: ');
               var block = { clone: caseElement };
 
               selectedElements.push(block);

test/ng/compileSpec.js

@@ -4805,12 +4805,7 @@ describe('$compile', function() {
                 return function(scope, element, attrs, ctrl) {
                   log('link');
                   var cursor = element;
-
-                  template(scope.$new(), function(clone) {
-                    var nextCursor = clone.eq(1);
-                    cursor.after(clone);
-                    cursor = nextCursor;
-                  });
+                  template(scope.$new(), function(clone) {cursor.after(cursor = clone);});
                   ctrl.$transclude(function(clone) {cursor.after(clone);});
                 };
               }
@@ -5115,10 +5110,9 @@ describe('$compile', function() {
             "inner:#comment:innerAgain:"
           ]);
           expect(child.length).toBe(1);
-          expect(child.contents().length).toBe(3);
+          expect(child.contents().length).toBe(2);
           expect(lowercase(nodeName_(child.contents().eq(0)))).toBe('#comment');
           expect(lowercase(nodeName_(child.contents().eq(1)))).toBe('div');
-          expect(lowercase(nodeName_(child.contents().eq(2)))).toBe('#comment');
         });
       });
     });