SASS / BEM - Not TIL but still some interesting magic

Case 1 - we don’t want to write parent classname again from deep nesting

.some-class
  $this: &

  &.--sub
    margin-top: 2.4rem
    #{$this}__title // so it is .some-class__title
      font-size: 1.7rem

equals:

.some-class.--sub
  margin-top: 2.4rem
.some-class.--sub .some-class__title
  font-size: 1.7rem

Case 2 - we want to have a (or any another tag) before parent class from deep nesting

.btn
  margin-top: 2.4rem
  @at-root a#{&} // so it is a.btn
    font-size: 1.7rem

equals:

.btn
  margin-top: 2.4rem
a.btn
  font-size: 1.7rem

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