Support displayName on anonymous components

.changeset/warm-foxes-hang.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"mobx-react-lite": patch
+---
+
+Support customizing `displayName` on anonymous components [#2721](https://github.com/mobxjs/mobx/issues/2721).

packages/mobx-react-lite/__tests__/observer.test.tsx

@@ -564,7 +564,6 @@ it("should hoist known statics only", () => {
     MyHipsterComponent.render = "Nope!"
 
     const wrapped = observer(MyHipsterComponent)
-    expect(wrapped.displayName).toBe("MyHipsterComponent")
     expect(wrapped.randomStaticThing).toEqual(3)
     expect(wrapped.defaultProps).toEqual({ x: 3 })
     expect(wrapped.propTypes).toEqual({ x: isNumber })
@@ -996,3 +995,42 @@ it("Throw when trying to set contextType on observer", () => {
         /\[mobx-react-lite\] `Component.contextTypes` must be set before applying `observer`./
     )
 })
+
+test("Anonymous component displayName #3192", () => {
+    // React prints errors even if we catch em
+    const consoleErrorSpy = jest.spyOn(console, "error").mockImplementation(() => {})
+
+    // Simulate:
+    // Error: n_a_m_e(...): Nothing was returned from render. This usually means a return statement is missing. Or, to render nothing, return null.
+    // The point is to get correct displayName in error msg.
+
+    let memoError
+    let observerError
+
+    // @ts-ignore
+    const MemoCmp = React.memo(() => {})
+    // @ts-ignore
+    const ObserverCmp = observer(() => {})
+
+    ObserverCmp.displayName = MemoCmp.displayName = "n_a_m_e"
+
+    try {
+        render(<MemoCmp />)
+    } catch (error) {
+        memoError = error
+    }
+
+    try {
+        render(<ObserverCmp />)
+    } catch (error) {
+        observerError = error
+    }
+
+    expect(memoError).toBeInstanceOf(Error)
+    expect(observerError).toBeInstanceOf(Error)
+
+    expect(memoError.message.includes(MemoCmp.displayName))
+    expect(MemoCmp.displayName).toEqual(ObserverCmp.displayName)
+    expect(observerError.message).toEqual(memoError.message)
+    consoleErrorSpy.mockRestore()
+})

packages/mobx-react-lite/src/observer.ts

@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ export function observer<
     options?: Options
 ): Options extends { forwardRef: true }
     ? C extends React.RefForwardingComponent<infer TRef, infer P>
-    ? C &
-    React.MemoExoticComponent<
-        React.ForwardRefExoticComponent<
-            React.PropsWithoutRef<P> & React.RefAttributes<TRef>
-        >
-    >
-    : never /* forwardRef set for a non forwarding component */
+        ? C &
+              React.MemoExoticComponent<
+                  React.ForwardRefExoticComponent<
+                      React.PropsWithoutRef<P> & React.RefAttributes<TRef>
+                  >
+              >
+        : never /* forwardRef set for a non forwarding component */
     : C & { displayName: string }
 
 // n.b. base case is not used for actual typings or exported in the typing files
@@ -56,11 +56,16 @@ export function observer<P extends object, TRef = {}>(
     const wrappedComponent = (props: P, ref: React.Ref<TRef>) => {
         return useObserver(() => baseComponent(props, ref), baseComponentName)
     }
-    wrappedComponent.displayName = baseComponentName
 
-    // Support legacy context: `contextTypes` must be applied before `memo`       
+    // Don't set `displayName` for anonymous components,
+    // so the `displayName` can be customized by user, see #3192.
+    if (baseComponentName !== "") {
+        wrappedComponent.displayName = baseComponentName
+    }
+
+    // Support legacy context: `contextTypes` must be applied before `memo`
     if ((baseComponent as any).contextTypes) {
-        wrappedComponent.contextTypes = (baseComponent as any).contextTypes;
+        wrappedComponent.contextTypes = (baseComponent as any).contextTypes
     }
 
     // memo; we are not interested in deep updates
@@ -78,12 +83,15 @@ export function observer<P extends object, TRef = {}>(
     }
 
     copyStaticProperties(baseComponent, memoComponent)
-    memoComponent.displayName = baseComponentName
 
     if ("production" !== process.env.NODE_ENV) {
-        Object.defineProperty(memoComponent, 'contextTypes', {
+        Object.defineProperty(memoComponent, "contextTypes", {
             set() {
-                throw new Error(`[mobx-react-lite] \`${this.displayName || 'Component'}.contextTypes\` must be set before applying \`observer\`.`);
+                throw new Error(
+                    `[mobx-react-lite] \`${
+                        this.displayName || this.type?.displayName || "Component"
+                    }.contextTypes\` must be set before applying \`observer\`.`
+                )
             }
         })
     }
@@ -96,7 +104,10 @@ const hoistBlackList: any = {
     $$typeof: true,
     render: true,
     compare: true,
-    type: true
+    type: true,
+    // Don't redefine `displayName`,
+    // it's defined as getter-setter pair on `memo` (see #3192).
+    displayName: true
 }
 
 function copyStaticProperties(base: any, target: any) {

packages/mobx-react/__tests__/observer.test.tsx

@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ test("correctly wraps display name of child component", () => {
     })
 
     expect(A.name).toEqual("ObserverClass")
-    expect(B.displayName).toEqual("StatelessObserver")
+    expect((B as any).type.displayName).toEqual("StatelessObserver")
 })
 
 describe("124 - react to changes in this.props via computed", () => {

yarn.lock

@@ -12804,7 +12804,16 @@ string-width@^1.0.1:
     is-fullwidth-code-point "^1.0.0"
     strip-ansi "^3.0.0"
 
-"string-width@^1.0.2 || 2 || 3 || 4", string-width@^2.0.0, string-width@^2.1.0, string-width@^2.1.1:
+"string-width@^1.0.2 || 2 || 3 || 4", string-width@^4.1.0, string-width@^4.2.0, string-width@^4.2.3:
+  version "4.2.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string-width/-/string-width-4.2.3.tgz#269c7117d27b05ad2e536830a8ec895ef9c6d010"
+  integrity sha512-wKyQRQpjJ0sIp62ErSZdGsjMJWsap5oRNihHhu6G7JVO/9jIB6UyevL+tXuOqrng8j/cxKTWyWUwvSTriiZz/g==
+  dependencies:
+    emoji-regex "^8.0.0"
+    is-fullwidth-code-point "^3.0.0"
+    strip-ansi "^6.0.1"
+
+string-width@^2.0.0, string-width@^2.1.0, string-width@^2.1.1:
   version "2.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string-width/-/string-width-2.1.1.tgz#ab93f27a8dc13d28cac815c462143a6d9012ae9e"
   integrity sha512-nOqH59deCq9SRHlxq1Aw85Jnt4w6KvLKqWVik6oA9ZklXLNIOlqg4F2yrT1MVaTjAqvVwdfeZ7w7aCvJD7ugkw==
@@ -12821,15 +12830,6 @@ string-width@^3.0.0, string-width@^3.1.0:
     is-fullwidth-code-point "^2.0.0"
     strip-ansi "^5.1.0"
 
-string-width@^4.1.0, string-width@^4.2.0, string-width@^4.2.3:
-  version "4.2.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string-width/-/string-width-4.2.3.tgz#269c7117d27b05ad2e536830a8ec895ef9c6d010"
-  integrity sha512-wKyQRQpjJ0sIp62ErSZdGsjMJWsap5oRNihHhu6G7JVO/9jIB6UyevL+tXuOqrng8j/cxKTWyWUwvSTriiZz/g==
-  dependencies:
-    emoji-regex "^8.0.0"
-    is-fullwidth-code-point "^3.0.0"
-    strip-ansi "^6.0.1"
-
 string.prototype.matchall@^4.0.6:
   version "4.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string.prototype.matchall/-/string.prototype.matchall-4.0.6.tgz#5abb5dabc94c7b0ea2380f65ba610b3a544b15fa"