add comment for obscure snippet

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Leo Horie 2014-12-31 20:49:38 -05:00
parent 857ce0df99
commit 2a34765547

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@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ var m = (function app(window, undefined) {
//there's logic that relies on the assumption that null and undefined data are equivalent to empty strings
//- this prevents lifecycle surprises from procedural helpers that mix implicit and explicit return statements (e.g. function foo() {if (cond) return m("div")}
//- it simplifies diffing code
//data.toString() is null if data is the return value of Console.log in Firefox
if (data == null || data.toString() == null) data = "";
if (data.subtree === "retain") return cached;
var cachedType = type.call(cached), dataType = type.call(data);