ReactDOM.render() currently returns a reference to the root ReactComponent instance. However, using this return value is legacy and should be avoided because future versions of React may render components asynchronously in some cases. If you need a reference to the root ReactComponent instance, the preferred solution is to attach a callback ref to the root element.
According to the ReactDOM documentation at https://facebook.github.io/react/docs/react-dom.html#render, we should avoid using the return value from
ReactDOM.render()
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