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Re:Build Your Own React by interlocutor on Thursday November 14, 2019 @06:26PM (#21540666)
'render' should render, because that's what the function name says. If you're using it for behavior then you're not using it for the intended purpose.
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Re:Build Your Own React by thatswrong0 on Thursday November 14, 2019 @06:56PM (#21540916)
Now that hooks exist, this should definitely be the case. Before, HoCs / components with render prop functions were actually useful for doing some additional not-directly-render related work.
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Re:Build Your Own React by allover on Friday November 15, 2019 @06:40AM (#21544070)
You can now use hooks for some things you might previously want a component for, e.g. useFetch instead of <Fetch />, but don't agree "this should definitely be the case". Dogma is never good.
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Re:Build Your Own React by allover on Friday November 15, 2019 @06:38AM (#21544064)
Strongly disagree, and 'because the function is called that' is a very poor reason.

You're not using React to its full potential if you think like this.

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