What's the reason that a stateless function cannot return null?

When I return null from a stateless function I receive an error message. I would like to know what’s the reason that a stateless function cannot return null.

Here is my sample code:

const MeetingMembers = ({ members, isLoading, error }) => {
  if (isLoading) {
    return <i className="fa fa-spinner fa-spin" />;
  }
  if (error) {
    return <div className="alert alert-danger">{error}</div>;
  }
  if (!members) {
    return null; // if no members was passed the component should'nt be displayed yet
  }
  return <pre>{JSON.stringify(members, null, 2)}</pre>;
};

Thank you.

[jimfb]

Fixed in https://github.com/facebook/react/pull/5884

[syranide]

@hnordt <noscript /> is what React currently uses when you return null.