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Tweaked message about what goes into state

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Brian Vaughn 7 years ago
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@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ Note how we save the timer ID right on `this`.
While `this.props` is set up by React itself and `this.state` has a special meaning, you are free to add additional fields to the class manually if you need to store something that is not used for the visual output.
If you don't use something in `render()`, it shouldn't be in the state.
State is generally used to store values that are referenced by `render()` (for visual output) or by `getDerivedStateFromProps()` (to compare next and previous props values).
We will tear down the timer in the `componentWillUnmount()` lifecycle hook:

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