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Why doesn't React have slots?

- what would that look like? - why are they needed given the ability to pass JSX as a prop?

> why are they needed to better align with one of the platform things that is pretty ergonomic. > what would they look like in jsx? no clue. JSX (as is) isn't isn't flexible enough -- it's kind of a lossy format, as JSX + React doesn't differentiate semantics from any of the props.

Like, just by looking at props, you can't *know* how it's going to be used. With a slot, you can only pass markup / components, etc. It's a narrowing of API without runtime checks

overall I'd say the answer is that props are a superset and add more flexibility, so there's never been a need to seriously consider adding them

'left-icon-slot': { type: 'slot', value: (...args: unknown) => DOM } } I find that having these 3 types of things split out (via syntax) really helps with scannability of components.