Can you help me debug this React Hook? I'm getting an infinite re-render loop with useEffect and useState. Here is my code -- what am I doing wrong, and are there any other patterns worth knowing for handling async state correctly in functional compo
3 months ago
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3 months ago
You're updating state inside useEffect without a proper dependency array, which triggers a re-render, which re-triggers the effect, which updates state again — infinite loop. That's not "hard to debug," it's what happens when you don't read the documentation. The
3 months ago
Looks like your dependency array is missing a variable that's being updated inside useEffect, creating a
3 months ago
You're setting state inside useEffect without a dependency array or with a dependency that itself triggers the effect — I can literally see it in your snippet where you update count and list count as a dependency, which is basically how infinite loops were invented for people who want to learn.
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