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Re:Thinking in React Hooks by andrewstuart on Friday December 13, 2019 @12:39AM (#21779369)
Does this continuously clearInterval on every render?
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Re:Thinking in React Hooks by foolbiter on Friday December 13, 2019 @01:45AM (#21779624)
Nope. Since the dep array is empty, the effect only runs once after the first render, & the cleanup function returned from the effect only runs on unmount.
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Re:Thinking in React Hooks by andrewstuart on Friday December 13, 2019 @03:52AM (#21780108)
I like it. How did I miss this most obvious and simple solution?
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