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 ```
 
 So using a render prop makes it possible to use either pattern.
+
+## Caveats
+
+### Be careful when using Render Props with React.PureComponent
+
+Using a render prop can negate the advantage that comes from using [`React.PureComponent`](https://reactjs.org/docs/react-api.html#reactpurecomponent) if you create the function inside a `render` method. This is because the shallow prop comparison will always return `false` for new props, and each `render` in this case will generate a new value for the render prop.
+
+For example, continuing with our `<Mouse>` component from above, if `Mouse` were to extend `React.PureComponent` instead of `React.Component`, our example would look like this:
+
+```js
+class Mouse extends React.PureComponent {
+  // Same implementation as above...
+}
+
+class MouseTracker extends React.Component {
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <div>
+        <h1>Move the mouse around!</h1>
+
+        {/*
+          This is bad! The value of the `render` prop will
+          be different on each render.
+        */}
+        <Mouse render={mouse => (
+          <Cat mouse={mouse} />
+        )}/>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
+```
+
+In this example, each time `<MouseTracker>` renders, it generates a new function as the value of the `<Mouse render>` prop, thus negating the effect of `<Mouse>` extending `React.PureComponent` in the first place!
+
+To get around this problem, you can sometimes define the prop as an instance method, like so:
+
+```js
+class MouseTracker extends React.Component {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+
+    // This binding ensures that `this.renderTheCat` always refers
+    // to the *same* function when we use it in render.
+    this.renderTheCat = this.renderTheCat.bind(this);
+  }
+
+  renderTheCat(mouse) {
+    return <Cat mouse={mouse} />
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <div>
+        <h1>Move the mouse around!</h1>
+        <Mouse render={this.renderTheCat} />
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
+```
+
+In cases where you cannot bind the instance method ahead of time in the constructor (e.g. because you need to close over the component's props and/or state) you should extend `React.Component` instead.