React Closures in JavaScript must be one of the most terrifying features of the language. We use it every time we write any React code, most of the time without even realizing it. But there is no getting away from them in the end: if we want to write complex and performant React apps, we have to know closures.
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The problemJavaScript, scope, and closuresThe stale closure problemStale closures in React: useCallbackStale closures in React: RefsStale closures in React: React.memoEscaping the closure trap with Refs3 Comments
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