[Question] Drag item must be a plain object - why?

Why does react-dnd require the drag item to be a plain object? I’m currently wrapping things like class instances in arbitrary objects, e.g.

return {
    value: new MyDragItem(...)
};

… to get around this, but I’d like to understand why it’s there in the first place.

[jamiewinder]

Thanks for your reply.

That seems incredibly limiting to me. Beyond the scenario raised in this issue - i.e. using class instances - I’ve also used plain drag objects which just happen to include functions that the drop target can call. I highly doubt I’m the only one.

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