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[docs] Clarify wording on sub-tree reconciliation

The previous wording could be interpreted to mean sub-trees moving from
within one sibling to within another, rather than the shuffling of siblings on
a single level as intended
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Glen Mailer 11 years ago
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@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ In practice, finding a key is not really hard. Most of the time, the element you
It is important to remember that the reconciliation algorithm is an implementation detail. React could re-render the whole app on every action, the end-result would be the same. We are regularly refining the heuristics in order to make common use cases faster. It is important to remember that the reconciliation algorithm is an implementation detail. React could re-render the whole app on every action, the end-result would be the same. We are regularly refining the heuristics in order to make common use cases faster.
In the current implementation, you can express the fact that a sub-tree has been moved between siblings, but you cannot tell that it has moved somewhere else. The algorithm will re-render that full sub-tree. In the current implementation, you can express the fact that a sub-tree has been moved amongst its siblings, but you cannot tell that it has moved somewhere else. The algorithm will re-render that full sub-tree.
Because we rely on two heuristics, if the assumptions behind them are not met, performance will suffer. Because we rely on two heuristics, if the assumptions behind them are not met, performance will suffer.

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