Discussion on: Why doesn't useState has a dependency array?

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Replies for: yes I think you're right. a hook's state should not depend on its props. it should be private and it should expose functions that trigger hook's st...

In hooks props are often used for state initialization:

const useCounter = (initialCount = 0) => {
   const [count, setCount] = useState(initialCount);
   function increment() {
     setCount(count+1);
   }
   function decrement() {
     setCount(count-1);
   }
   return {count, increment, decrement};
};