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Based on how they are run they are completely not just ordinary JavaScript functions, hook era components are also not just JavaScript functions, it's a very co
by slmjkdbtl 1y ago
Based on how they are run they are completely not just ordinary JavaScript functions, hook era components are also not just JavaScript functions, it's a very complicated system. React calling them "just functions" is untrue, just marketing buzz words, and it leads developers into traps.
- b_e_n_t_o_n 1y agoMany functions can only be called in a certain context. Calling them "not functions" is misleading imo because it implies those functions are compiled out or something, like `$state()` in Svelte.
- slmjkdbtl 1y agoYeah they themselves are functions but how they're called are managed by a complicated system, I think treating them as a separate new concept is less misleading than calling them plain functions
- b_e_n_t_o_n 1y agoWell they aren't plain functions, they're like lifecycle methods for the component with an implicit `this`. Perhaps that's how they should be described.
- Izkata 1y ago> React calling them "just functions" is untrue I'm pretty sure this is also untrue. AFAIK React has never used that phrase (and at the very least, I can't find it anywhere official right now), it came from other people convincing newcomers that hooks aren't something more complicated like objects (comparing to class-based components). React has always treated them as special functions, hence always prefixing them with the word "use".
- slmjkdbtl 1y ago> it came from other people convincing newcomers Yeah I think you're right