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Children props tip tweak

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Paul O’Shannessy 11 years ago
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@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ prev: style-props-value-px.html
next: controlled-input-null-value.html
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Usually, a component's `this.props.children` is an array of components:
Usually, a component's children (`this.props.children`) is an array of components:
```js
/** @jsx React.DOM */
@ -27,14 +27,16 @@ React.renderComponent(
);
```
To save an extra array allocation, it returns the component itself _without the array wrapper_ when there's only one child.
However, when there is only a single child, `this.props.children` will be the single child component itself _without the array wrapper_. This saves an array allocation.
```js
/** @jsx React.DOM */
var GenericWrapper = React.createClass({
componentDidMount: function() {
// **warning**: yields 5 for length of the string 'hello', not 1 for the
console.log(Array.isArray(this.props.children)); // => false
// warning: yields 5 for length of the string 'hello', not 1 for the
// length of the non-existant array wrapper!
console.log(this.props.children.length);
},

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