Fix up getDefaultProps docs
Ben Alpert committed
Jul 11, 2014 at 14:26 UTC
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docs/docs/ref-03-component-specs.md
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@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ Invoked once before the component is mounted. The return value will be used as t
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object getDefaultProps()
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-Invoked once before the component is mounted. Values in the mapping will be set on `this.props` if that prop is not specified by the parent component (i.e. using an `in` check).
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+Invoked once and cached when the class is created. Values in the mapping will be set on `this.props` if that prop is not specified by the parent component (i.e. using an `in` check).
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-This method is invoked before `getInitialState` and therefore cannot rely on `this.state` or use `this.setState`.
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+This method is invoked before any instances are created and thus cannot rely on `this.props`. In addition, be aware that any complex objects returned by `getDefaultProps()` will be shared across instances, not copied.
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### propTypes