From d8f0e211ff6154f4a2e00281d93171c94460e247 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jdecroock <decroockjovi@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 17:03:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Make oldVNode monomorphic

---
 src/create-element.js | 4 ++++
 src/diff/children.js  | 8 ++++----
 src/render.js         | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/create-element.js b/src/create-element.js
index 66898b22243..b5855678723 100644
--- a/src/create-element.js
+++ b/src/create-element.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { slice } from './util';
 import options from './options';
+import { EMPTY_OBJ } from './constants';
 
 let vnodeId = 0;
 
@@ -84,6 +85,9 @@ export function createVNode(type, props, key, ref, original) {
 	return vnode;
 }
 
+// @ts-ignore
+export const EMPTY_VNODE = createVNode(null, EMPTY_OBJ);
+
 export function createRef() {
 	return { current: null };
 }
diff --git a/src/diff/children.js b/src/diff/children.js
index ba2730478c1..59b668b3097 100644
--- a/src/diff/children.js
+++ b/src/diff/children.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { diff, unmount, applyRef } from './index';
-import { createVNode, Fragment } from '../create-element';
-import { EMPTY_OBJ, EMPTY_ARR, INSERT_VNODE, MATCHED } from '../constants';
+import { createVNode, Fragment, EMPTY_VNODE } from '../create-element';
+import { EMPTY_ARR, INSERT_VNODE, MATCHED } from '../constants';
 import { isArray } from '../util';
 import { getDomSibling } from '../component';
 
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ export function diffChildren(
 		// At this point, constructNewChildrenArray has assigned _index to be the
 		// matchingIndex for this VNode's oldVNode (or -1 if there is no oldVNode).
 		if (childVNode._index === -1) {
-			oldVNode = EMPTY_OBJ;
+			oldVNode = EMPTY_VNODE;
 		} else {
-			oldVNode = oldChildren[childVNode._index] || EMPTY_OBJ;
+			oldVNode = oldChildren[childVNode._index] || EMPTY_VNODE;
 		}
 
 		// Update childVNode._index to its final index
diff --git a/src/render.js b/src/render.js
index e0fec45424a..dac3036dc25 100644
--- a/src/render.js
+++ b/src/render.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { EMPTY_OBJ } from './constants';
 import { commitRoot, diff } from './diff/index';
-import { createElement, Fragment } from './create-element';
+import { createElement, Fragment, EMPTY_VNODE } from './create-element';
 import options from './options';
 import { slice } from './util';
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export function render(vnode, parentDom, replaceNode) {
 		// Determine the new vnode tree and store it on the DOM element on
 		// our custom `_children` property.
 		vnode,
-		oldVNode || EMPTY_OBJ,
+		oldVNode || EMPTY_VNODE,
 		EMPTY_OBJ,
 		parentDom.namespaceURI,
 		!isHydrating && replaceNode