Function createWorkInProgress

packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiber.js:325–436

(current: Fiber, pendingProps: any)

// This is used to create an alternate fiber to do work on.
export function createWorkInProgress(current: Fiber, pendingProps: any): Fiber {
  let workInProgress = current.alternate;
  if (workInProgress === null) {
    // We use a double buffering pooling technique because we know that we'll
    // only ever need at most two versions of a tree. We pool the "other" unused
    // node that we're free to reuse. This is lazily created to avoid allocating
    // extra objects for things that are never updated. It also allow us to
    // reclaim the extra memory if needed.
    workInProgress = createFiber(
      current.tag,
      pendingProps,
      current.key,
      current.mode,
    );
    workInProgress.elementType = current.elementType;
    workInProgress.type = current.type;
    workInProgress.stateNode = current.stateNode;

    if (__DEV__) {
      // DEV-only fields

      workInProgress._debugOwner = current._debugOwner;
      workInProgress._debugStack = current._debugStack;
      workInProgress._debugTask = current._debugTask;
      workInProgress._debugHookTypes = current._debugHookTypes;
    }

    workInProgress.alternate = current;
    current.alternate = workInProgress;
  } else {
    workInProgress.pendingProps = pendingProps;
    // Needed because Blocks store data on type.
    workInProgress.type = current.type;

    // We already have an alternate.
    // Reset the effect tag.
    workInProgress.flags = NoFlags;

    // The effects are no longer valid.
    workInProgress.subtreeFlags = NoFlags;
    workInProgress.deletions = null;

    if (enableProfilerTimer) {
      // We intentionally reset, rather than copy, actualDuration & actualStartTime.
      // This prevents time from endlessly accumulating in new commits.
      // This has the downside of resetting values for different priority renders,
      // But works for yielding (the common case) and should support resuming.
      workInProgress.actualDuration = -0;
      workInProgress.actualStartTime = -1.1;
    }
  }

  // Reset all effects except static ones.
  // Static effects are not specific to a render.
  workInProgress.flags = current.flags & StaticMask;
  workInProgress.childLanes = current.childLanes;
  workInProgress.lanes = current.lanes;