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Forgotten request for componentDidCatch

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Description

An issue was brought up in https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/10461

which highlighted an opportunity for expansion on componentDidCatch(error, info) - being that info only returns one item prop: componentStack; there were a lot of good ideas to break this down into a detailed object of the error with an array for the stack trace.

This issue was then closed for https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/10922 - which told everyone the issue had moved to a new respository - but the referenced issue missed the very initial reason for the request. We didn't just want documentation, we wanted to look at a fuller featured object for error info.

So it was moved and closed again in https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/issues/17

--- Opening this because the original issue from October has been lost:
https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/10461

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Start by reviewing the linked issues 10461, 10922, and reactjs.org issue 17 to recover the original request and its discussion. The issue does not name files, tests, an implementation entry point, or completion criteria; the desired error-info object and the appropriate repository would need to be defined first.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, react
Domain
documentation, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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