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+/**
+ * Copyright 2013-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *
+ * @emails react-core
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+var React;
+var ReactNoop;
+
+// This is a new feature in Fiber so I put it in its own test file. It could
+// probably move to one of the other test files once it is official.
+describe('ReactTopLevelText', () => {
+ beforeEach(() => {
+ React = require('React');
+ ReactNoop = require('ReactNoop');
+ });
+
+ it('should render a component returning strings directly from render', () => {
+ const Text = ({value}) => value;
+ ReactNoop.render();
+ ReactNoop.flush();
+ expect(ReactNoop.root.children).toEqual([{text: 'foo'}]);
+ });
+
+ it('should render a component returning numbers directly from render', () => {
+ const Text = ({value}) => value;
+ ReactNoop.render();
+ ReactNoop.flush();
+ expect(ReactNoop.root.children).toEqual([{text: '10'}]);
+ });
+
+});