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DOM select elements custom selector

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Implement the scenario utility: DOM select elements custom selector. Discuss edge cases, runtime performance, and alternative paradigms.

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Example usage
function customSelect(node, selector) {
  if (!node || typeof selector !== 'string') return [];
  
  const result = [];
  // BFS queue traversal to inspect nodes iteratively and avoid stack limits
  const queue = [node];
  
  while (queue.length > 0) {
    const curr = queue.shift();
    if (curr.nodeType === 1) { // ELEMENT_NODE
      if (typeof curr.matches === 'function' && curr.matches(selector)) {
        result.push(curr);
      }
    }
    
    const children = curr.children || [];
    for (let i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
      queue.push(children[i]);
    }
  }
  return result;
}

// Example placeholder (requires DOM environment)
// console.log(customSelect(document.body, 'div.card'));
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