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davedx on March 28, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Update on Async Rendering

Yup... don't have side effects in constructors. That's the whole point of other lifecycle methods... this is a practice as old as C++

danabramov on March 28, 2018 [–]

Please note we are not suggesting side effects in constructors. I’m sorry if my previous comments gave you that impression.

I elaborated here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16696836

davedx on March 28, 2018 | [–]

Thanks for the clarification and for pitching in on this thread. FWIW I really appreciate the thought and effort the React team puts into changes.

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