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0 pointsjiofih5y ago0 comments

That’s not a problem with “this”, but a self-inflicted problem from React’s chosen model of reusing class instances. It’s a design choice made by them and not a language issue at all.

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city415y ago

True, although I did mean my comment in the context of React. Hooks are basically them rolling back this choice.

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0 pointsjiofih5y ago0 comments

That’s not a problem with “this”, but a self-inflicted problem from React’s chosen model of reusing class instances. It’s a design choice made by them and not a language issue at all.

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city415y ago

True, although I did mean my comment in the context of React. Hooks are basically them rolling back this choice.

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